Bourbon-Brown Sugar Cake Layers

Name: Bourbon-Brown Sugar Cake Layers
Yield: Makes two 9-inch cake layers
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7½ ounces; 213 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 cup, whole milk; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/4 cup, bourbon; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces; 298 grams), light brown sugar; 3 , large eggs, room temperature

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By Sarah Ewald

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2019

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cakes

These bourbon-soaked cake layers are both salty and sweet.

SERVESMakes two 9-inch cake layers

TIME1 hour, plus 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We found that adding bourbon to the batter gave us the right level of booziness. A simple swap of light brown sugar for granulated sugar in the cake gave us a deep caramel flavor throughout.

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