Derby Cake: 15 Course Meal
There is an infamous pie in Kentucky whose name and trademark are furiously protected; I shall refer to this pie as “the pie which shall not be named” (That’s a silly movie reference). It became famous because it’s delicious and it has an affiliation with our beloved derby. It’s filled with brown sugar, chocolate chips, pecans (or walnuts), and a hint of Kentucky bourbon. Today, I turned that pie into a cake; It’s as delicious as its notorious pie cousin.
This is a basic butter pecan cake soaked in a butter, brown sugar, and bourbon glaze, and then topped with a chocolate ganache. You can also prepare this recipe in a 9 x 13 baking pan like a traditional poke cake. I actually prepared my Brown Sugar and Bourbon glaze a little stronger than specified in this recipe; I used 1/3 cup of bourbon. If you don’t have bourbon or prefer it without bourbon, feel free to omit it.
- Cake:
- 1 Butter Pecan Cake Recipe/Mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- ⅔ cup miniature chocolate chips
- ⅔ chopped pecans
- Brown Sugar & Bourbon Glaze:
- ¼ cup bourbon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ stick butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- Chocolate Drizzle:
- ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Grease a bundt cake pan.
- Combine cake mix, eggs, water, and oil in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix until well combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips and pecans.
- Bake according to cake mix directions or until toothpick comes out clean.
- In a small sauce pan on low heat combine bourbon, brown sugar, vanilla, and butter.
- Slowly heat until it begins to boil.
- Poke several holes into the baked bundt cake, taking care to not hit the sides of the cake.
- Pour mixture over the cake while it is still hot in the pan.
- Allow the cake to soak up this mixture 10-15 minutes before removing it from the pan.
- Carefully flip it onto cake plate
- Prepare ganache by melting chocolate using preferred method.
- Adding in whipping cream and mix well.
- Pour across cake
What did you think of the cake stand I used for serving the cake? I purchased it from Wayfair. I loved the details and the removable serving top that makes it easier to clean.
Check out the 15 other great recipes from other Wayfair Homemakers this week. We have been posting one recipe per day. Tomorrow, Adrienne Jopp from Sunday Public will be sharing her fruit dessert recipe. We hope you’ll follow along, and check back for a recap of all the recipes with direct links.
- Appetizer Milisa Armstrong Miss In The Kitchen
- Cocktail Courtney O’Dell Sweet C’s Designs
- Cheese Becca Davis Two Places At Once
- Antipasto Kathy Penney Penney Lane Kitchen
- Soup Jamie Sherman Love Bakes Good Cakes
- Salad Laura Muir Fresh and Happy
- Pasta Adrienne Robide Susie Makes Supper
- Intermezzo Ruthie Knudsen Cooking With Ruthie
- Fish Anne Fassnacht Wit Wisdom and Food
- Poultry Aimee Broussard Aimee Broussard
- Vegetable Anna Hinman Crunchy Creamy Sweet
- Meat Scarlett Bendixe Made It. Ate It. Loved It.
- Chocolate Dessert Jessica Peace-Urgelles A Southern Mother
- Fruit Dessert Adrienne Jopp Sunday Public
- Coffee Marilyn and Kaleb Nimz Brewed Together
Have you baked using alcohol before?
This is post is sponsored by Wayfair.com, however all thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.
4 comments on “Derby Cake: 15 Course Meal”
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Could this look more gorgeous! I can’t wait to try this recipe 🙂
Thanks, it’s so easy to make and it disappeared within an hour at our party.
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