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OLD FASHIONED BUNDT
CAKE
Get the best of both worlds with this dessert inspired by one of the most timeless Maker's Mark cocktails.
ABOUT THIS RECIPE
Maker's Mark partnered with Chef Ann Nolan and KitchenAid® to design a pound cake that delivers on the flavors of an Old Fashioned cocktail, accomplishing this with an array of spices, like clove and cinnamon, and orange zest. But, of course you can’t have an Old Fashioned without Maker's Mark. That’s where the bourbon toffee sauce comes in.
PREPARATION TIMES
Preparation Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 3 hours
Ingredients
• 2-1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 tsp. cardamom
• 8 tbsp. butter/1 stick (room temperature)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• Zest from one orange
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1-1/4 cup of buttermilk
MAKER’S® MARK TOFFEE SAUCE:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of light corn syrup
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tbsp. pure vanilla bean paste or extract
• 3 tbsp. of Maker's Mark Bourbon
• Pinch of salt
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1 | Ready your oven and pan
• Preheat oven to 350 convection bake. Spray or butter the inside of a bundt pan.
STEP 2 | Make flour mixture
• Sift together first 8 ingredients in a large bowl.
STEP 3 | Mix butter and sugar
• Separately, add butter, sugar and brown sugar to a KitchenAid® Stand Mixer. Using the flat beater, cream together the ingredients for 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
STEP 4 | Mix in eggs, orange zest and vanilla
• With the mixer on medium, add eggs, one at a time, and mix until incorporated. Add orange zest and vanilla.
STEP 5 | Add in flour mixture
• Continue to mix the ingredients and alternately add the sifted flour mixture and buttermilk to the creamed sugar and butter to create cake batter. Beat cake batter in mixing bowl for one minute until smooth.
STEP 6 | Place batter in oven
• Pour batter into the greased bundt pan and place in preheated oven.
STEP 7 | Bake to perfection
• Bake for about 40–50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean from center of cake.
STEP 8 | Cool it down for a few minutes
• Remove pan from oven and let cool about 15–20 minutes.
STEP 9 | Flip and plate the cake
• Invert the Bundt pan upside down onto the serving platter. Cake should release from pan. You have to remove cake from pan while it is still warm. Let the cake cool completely before adding the toffee sauce.
FOR THE TOFFEE
SAUCE:
HOW TO CRAFT
STEP 1 | Start melting the butter
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
STEP 2 | Stir in sweeteners and the Maker's
• When butter is melted halfway, stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, sweet and condensed milk and bourbon.
STEP 3 | Let sauce thicken
• Cook and stir until sauce is no longer grainy and has thickened and is a light caramel color.
STEP 4 | Add in vanilla
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
STEP 5 | Cover your Bundt cake in Toffee Sauce
• Pour the Maker's Mark Bourbon Toffee Sauce over the top of the cooled Bundt cake so the toffee sauce waterfalls down the cake.
TIPS FOR GREAT
Old Fashioned
Bundt Cake
- SMOOTH FINISH
This one changed the way we think of bourbon, all because one man changed the way he thought about making it. Bill Samuels, Sr., simply wanted a whisky he would enjoy drinking. Never bitter or sharp, Maker's Mark is made with soft red winter wheat, instead of the usual rye, for a one-of-a-kind, full-flavored bourbon. To ensure consistency, we rotate every barrel by hand and age our bourbon to taste, not time. Each and every bottle of Maker's is still hand-dipped in our signature red wax at our distillery in Loretto, KY., just like Bill, Sr. would have wanted.
