CHOCOLATE PECAN BOURBON BUNDT CAKE: Thanksgiving or Any Time!

This Chocolate Bourbon Bundt Cake is a great variation on Pecan Pie Pie for Thanksgiving? If you have any left over, this cake is great to toast the morning after Thanksgiving. This recipe is slightly adapted from an older Betty Crocker recipe. As always, use the very best ingredients for the very best tasting cake. The recipe calls for a chocolate bourbon glaze, but I think that's just too much. I like my bundt cakes plain. Nevertheless, I included the Glaze recipe below, in case you want to add it!

CHOCOLATE PECAN BOURBON BUNDT CAKE

Ingredients 

Cake 
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup Bourbon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
4 oz unsweetened chocolate (or 75-90% cacao) chopped, melted, and cooled
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions 

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan
In large bowl, beat all ingredients except pecans with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in pecans. Pour into pan.
Bake 60 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

And, if you want to add the Chocolate Bourbon glaze, here's the recipe:

Chocolate Glaze 

Ingredients

1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
1 teaspoon butter
1 cup powdered sugar
5 to 6 teaspoons boiling water
Chopped pecans 

Directions
In 2-quart saucepan, melt 1 ounce chocolate and 1 teaspoon butter over low heat, stirring occasionally. Stir in powdered sugar and water until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle cooled cake with Chocolate Glaze. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.

How easy is that? Yum!!!