Jack Daniels Chocolate (birthday) Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup jack daniels whiskey
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
• 1 1/4 cups sweet butter
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons jack daniels whiskey

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 in a very large saucepan, heat and stir the water, jack daniels whiskey, coffee powder, butter and cocoa until the butter melts.
• 3 remove from the heat and beat in the sugar.
• 4 cool slightly and whisk in the eggs, blending thoroughly.
• 5 in a bowl, stir together the flour and baking powder.
• 6 beat into the chocolate mixture until incorporated.
• 7 stir in the pecans.
• 8 turn the batter into a greased and floured 9 inch tube or bundt pan.
• 9 smooth top with a spatula.
• 10 bake in a 325 oven for 60-75 minutes (until a toothpick comes out clean).
• 11 immediately sprinking with the 2 tbsp of jack daniels whiskey.
• 12 let cake cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove from cake pan.
• 13 serve with gobs of fresh whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.