Bourbon Date Nut Cake Recipes

DATE NUT CAKE- PROJECT VINTAGE RECIPES

Steps:

• Place chopped dates in a large bowl and sprinkle with baking soda.
• Pour boiling water over the dates and let sit until cool.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and both sugars and then add the beaten eggs.
• Mix until creamy.
• Sift the flours with the teaspoon of cinnamon and then slowly add to the butter mixture until all is incorporated.
• Add vanilla, dates (with water) and chopped nuts and stir until blended.
• Pour into two 9 inch greased and floured cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool on wire racks.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
• This can also be served topped with fresh whipped cream.

BOURBON HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Brush a 9-inch angel food cake pan with a nonremovable bottom with oil, line the bottom with parchment paper, then oil and flour the pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the oil, granulated sugar, honey, brown sugar, eggs, orange zest and vanilla on medium speed for 1 minute. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, allspice and ginger and blend. Combine the coffee, orange juice and bourbon in a 2-cup glass measuring cup. With the mixer on low, alternately add the flour and liquid mixtures to the oil-sugar mixture in thirds, beginning and ending with flour, until combined. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Don't worry; the batter will be very liquid!
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Rap the pan 5 times on the counter to get rid of any bubbles in the batter. Sprinkle the top with the almonds. Bake in the center of the oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely, then remove from the pan and place almond-side up on a flat serving plate. Serve at room temperature.

SOUTHERN NUT CAKE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• 1) Move an oven rack to lower third of oven. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 10 x 4-inch tube pan. Line bottom with parchment paper. Butter paper and dust pan with fine dried bread crumbs. Set aside. 2) Place walnuts and pecans into a very large mixing bowl or roasting pan. 3) Combine flour, baking powder, mace and salt in another bowl. Whisk to combine. 4) Combine milk and 1/4 cup brandy or bourbon in another bowl. Set aside. 5) Cream butter in large bowl of an electric mixer. Add sugar and beat at moderate speed for two or three minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating each until incorporated. Increase speed and beat until light and fluffy. 6) On low speed alternately add flour mixture in three additions and milk mixture in two, beating only until smooth after each addition. Pour batter over nuts and mix with your hands or a wooden spoon until nuts are coated with batter. Turn batter into prepared pan, smoothing top to even. 7) Bake for 1-3/4 hours or until cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Transfer cake to a cooling rack. While cake is still hot brush top with reserved 1/4 cup brandy or bourbon. Let cake cool in pan for 20 minutes. Cover cake with a cooling rack and invert to remove paper. Invert again and cool in upright position. Let cake age for 24 hours before serving. Yield: 16 servings.

BOURBON DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• Butter and flour an angel food pan or bundt pan.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Drop in eggs, one at a time, and stir after each addition.
• Sift flour, baking powder and nutmeg together, reserving 1/4 cup flour to dredge the nuts.
• Add the flour mixture, bourbon, almond and vanilla alternately.
• Flour the nuts, dates and coconut; fold into cake batter.
• Pour this mixture into the cake pan.
• Cover the cake with foil for the first few hours of the baking period, removing the foil at your discretion depending on how brown you want it to become.
• Place a pan of water in the oven to prevent cracking.
• Bake the cake for six hours-- Yes! That really is 250 degrees for 6 hours!
• Note: You might want to add more bourbon if 1 cup is not enough as some people really like it soaked.

CHOCOLATE CHIP DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease (2) 9" x 13" cake pans.
• Combine flour, coco powder, baking soda, salt and sugar whisk, then add eggs and margerine in electric mixer bowl and combine.
• Add water and dates.
• Combine walnuts and chocolate chips and reserve 1/2 for cake topping.
• Add the other half to the batter and mix inches.
• Spread batter into pans and add the reserved nuts and chocolate chips as a topping for the cakes.
• Bake for 40 minutes.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cakes are cool and before serving.

GRANDMA'S HICKORY NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter for cake. Add eggs; beat on medium speed of mixer for 2 minutes. Mix dry ingredients together lightly with fork. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix well. Stir in vanilla and nuts. Pour into greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes. (Cake may be baked in 8-in. layer pans.) Cool. Make frosting by melting butter in a medium saucepan. Add brown sugar; boil 2 minutes. Add milk; bring to boil. Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm. Beat in sugar and vanilla. (May add chopped hickory nuts, 1/2 cup if desired.) Frost cake.

DATE NUT BREAD/FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Cut dates and soak in boiling water about 15 minutes.
• Do not use a miker - put all ingredients into bowl, add dates and water.
• Mix thouroughly,.
• Spray pans with cooking spray. This can also be make as cupcakes(do not spray).
• Fill pans 1/3 full or cupcakes a little over half.
• Bake at 350 until bread will bounce back from touch. About 35 minutes.
• If cupcakes about 15 - 18 minutes.
• 2 Breads, or 2 dz. cupcakes.
• Fruit Cakes.
• Double date bread mix and add Fruit Cake Mix, top with Cherries.
• Bake as Date Break or cupcakes.
• 4 Breads, or 4 dz cupcakes.

EGGLESS MILKLESS DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and grease and flour a 8" or 9" square pan.
• In a large bowl, combine dates, walnuts and other dry ingredients.
• In a small bowl, mix water, butter and vanilla.
• Add water mixture to date mixture and mix until just moistened.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and cake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or cold; plain or topped with whipped cream.

DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare 8 inch cake pan and proceed as usual.
• Mix first three ingredients together and let cool completely.
• Add walnuts, cake flour and baking powder and stir gently.
• Add butter sugar, salt and.
• egg.
• Stir completely and bake in prepared pan until tester comes out clean.
• Topping: Cook until syrupy and spread on warm cake.
• Serve cooled topped.
• with fresh whipped cream, if desired.

DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Mix nuts, dates and cherries in a large bowl.
• Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.
• Sprinkle flour mixture over fruit; mix well.
• Add beaten eggs and vanilla.
• Mix throughly.
• Bake in tube pan at 275 degrees fahrenheit for 1 hour and 15 minutes.