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Spiced Rum, Pecan, and Chocolate Bundt Cake

January 18, 2021 By stemsandforks

This recipe was sponsored by Paderno Kitchenware.

Paderno Kitchenware’s Fine-Edge Arch Cake Pan.

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Spiced Rum, Pecan and Chocolate Bundt Cake. This cake is super nutty and chocolately, mildly tipsy with a mellow touch of spice. It’s not a typical commercial bakery cake with a structured crumb. Rather an uber moist and delicious cake. Enjoy.

Spiced Rum, Pecan and Chocolate Bundt Cake

Serving Size:
10
Time:
15 min prep,
1 hour bake
Difficulty:
Easy

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups or 295 g whole grain flour (NO SUBSTITUTES)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder 
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda 
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt 
  • 1 teaspoon cardamom 
  • 1 1/4 cup or 250 g white granulated sugar 
  • 1 cup vegetable oil 
  • 1 cup fancy molasses 
  • 5 large eggs room temperature 
  • 1/2 cup spiced rum 
  • 3/4 cup thick sour cream or Greek yogurt 
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk 
  • 1 1/2 cup or 185 grams chopped pecans 
  • 1 1/2 cup or 200 g semi-sweet chocolate chunks 
  • FOR THE ICING:
  • 1.5 cups or 185 g icing sugar 
  • 2 tablespoons spiced rum 
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 
  • OPTIONAL:
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar to sprinkle on top of frosting

Directions

  1. Take your 10” Fine-Edge Arch Paderno Bundt Pan and grease with baking spray OR brush 2 tablespoons of unsalted and softened butter (make sure you grease all the grooves and indents) and dust with AP flour. Discard the access flour and set pan aside. 
  2. Preheat oven to 350F with oven rack in middle. In a large bowl, whisk together the whole grain flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom and salt and set aside. 
  3. In another large bowl, whisk together the sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, molasses, spiced rum, Greek Yogurt and buttermilk until a smooth. 
  4. Add the flour mix into the wet mix bowl slowly and whisk together for about 30 seconds. 
  5. Fold 1 1/4 cup pecans and 1 1/4 cup chocolate chunks into the batter. Do not over mix. 
  6. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chunks and 1/4 cup chopped pecans into the Paderno Bundt pan. 
  7. Pour batter into bundt pan and bake for 55-65 minutes. Or until a tester stick comes out mostly clean. 
  8. Allow pan to rest about 20 minutes. Invert onto coolling rack or plate and allow to completely cool. 
  9. FOR THE ICING: Whisk together the icing sugar, spiced rum and vanilla extract until smooth and glossy. Once the bundt has cooled, drizzle the icing over the top of the cake.
  10. Dust 1 table spoon icing sugar. (Optional) 

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Rhubarb and Cherry Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

June 7, 2019 By stemsandforks Leave a Comment

This post was sponsored by Metro Ontario. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

It’s late spring early summer here in southern Ontario. When the sun stays up and shines longer, the days are warm but not too hot and the evenings are just cool enough for an outdoor fire without those pesky mosquitoes. June is definitely my favourite month of the year. 

Asides from June’s fantastic weather is the incredible local produce that starts to hit the Metro stores across Ontario. Asparagus, strawberries, radishes and cucumbers are just a few items that are available locally from the fields of Ontario farmers. Not to mention the handful of other goodies coming from indoor greenhouses like bell peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes.

But hands down my favourite produce for the month of June is rhubarb and cherries. It’s as though these two were made for each other. The tartness of the rhubarb and the sweetness of the cherries are indeed a match made in heaven in this sheet cake. And the cream cheese frosting elevates this sweet and tangy cake.

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Filed Under: Cakes, Family Favorites, Fruit, Sheet Cake Tagged With: baking, cake, cherry, creamcheese, recipe, rhubarb, sheet cake

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