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Chocolate Whiskey Cake

Chocolate lovers, here’s something to dream about! Chocolate whiskey cake will make everyone’s holiday extra sweet. This festive cake is infused with plenty of whiskey and has the richest drizzle of dark chocolate and whiskey ganache; it is perfect to serve guests at a holiday dinner party or to give away as a gift.

CourseDessert
CuisineMediterranean

Servings	Prep Time
10	10minutes

Cook Time	Passive Time
50minutes	30minutes

Servings	Prep Time
10	10minutes

Cook Time	Passive Time
50minutes	30minutes

Ingredients

For the cake

10 Brazil nutsroughly chopped
1/3cup whiskey
1 cup flourfine grain whole-wheat
1tablespoon baking powder
2tablespoons brown sugar
1pinch salt
1/2cup dark chocolatechips or chopped into chunks
2 bananasoverripe
1/4cup almond milk
1/4 cup sunflower seed oiland some extra to grease the pan
1 limezested
15 juniper berriesground or 1 tbsp ground juniper berries

For the whiskey ganache

300grams dark chocolatechips or chopped into chunks
3tablespoons almond milk
3tablespoons whiskey

Cake decoration

10 Brazil nutsroughly chopped

Instructions

Cake

Place the Brazil nuts in a bowl and pour whiskey over them. Let them soak for at least 10′.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F).
Using pastry brush grease a 20cm round pie pan with some sunflower seed oil.
In a large bowl mix the flour with the baking powder, brown sugar, salt and dark chocolate.
In a separate large bowl mass the bananas with a fork. Pour the almond milk and the sunflower seed oil into the bowl. Add the lime zest and the ground juniper berries, and stir to mix.
Then start folding and mixing the solids into the liquids. Note: With a rubber spatula whisk gently scrapping around the edge and finishing by folding the mixture on top of itself. Mix until smooth.
Pour the mixture into the cake pan. Bake for 45′.
Transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool for about 30′.

Whiskey ganache

Use the Bain-Marie method: Place a heatproof bowl with the chopped chocolate over a saucepan of simmering water and gently stir until the chocolate is melted. Bring the milk just to the boil over medium heat. Remove the melted chocolate from heat. Pour the hot milk over the chocolate and add the whiskey. Stir the mixture gently until smooth.
Pour the ganache over the cake, using a spatula to spread evenly.

Decoration

For decoration add the roughly chopped Brazil nuts all around the outside of the cake. I like to follow vintage cake decorating trends!