Chocolate Cranberry Cakes with Bourbon Whipped Cream Recipe

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Chocolate Cranberry Cakes with Bourbon Whipped Cream
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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
632
Calories
Total time
135
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Cut out 4 rounds of parchment paper to fit just inside bottom of each mold, then set rounds aside. Melt 2 tablespoons butter, then brush molds with some of it. Line bottom of each mold with a round of parchment and brush parchment with some melted butter. Chill molds 5 minutes (to set butter), then brush parchment and side of each mold with more melted butter. Chill molds 5 minutes more. Dust molds with flour, knocking out excess, and set aside.
  3. Simmer cranberries and 1/4 cup bourbon in a small saucepan over low heat until cranberries are tender and bourbon is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
  4. Melt chocolate and remaining stick butter in a small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Remove from heat and cool 10 minutes.
  5. Pulse pecans with flour (2 tablespoons) in a food processor until finely ground, being careful not to process to a paste.
  6. Beat together yolks and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until thick and pale, about 2 minutes. Add chocolate mixture and beat until just combined, then stir in pecan mixture and cranberries.
  7. Beat whites with a pinch of salt in another bowl using cleaned beaters until they just hold stiff peaks. Fold one third of whites into chocolate mixture to lighten, then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly.
  8. Divide batter among molds (they will be very full), then put molds in a shallow baking pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted into center of a cake comes out with tip wet and remainder of pick dry, about 25 minutes. (Batter will rise above rims but will not spill over.) Transfer cakes to a rack and cool in molds 30 minutes. (Cakes will continue to set as they cool.)
  9. Beat cream with confectioners sugar and remaining 2 teaspoons bourbon in a small bowl using cleaned beaters until it just holds soft peaks.
  10. Remove side from each mold, then slide each cake from bottom onto a dessert plate, discarding parchment. Lightly dust each cake with confectioners sugar and serve with a dollop of bourbon whipped cream.
  11. Cooks' notes: •Cakes are best eaten the day they're made but can be baked (but not unmolded) 1 day ahead (texture will become more dense). Cool completely, uncovered, then keep in a sealed large plastic bag at room temperature. •To make a single, larger cake, the batter can be baked in a 9 1/2-inch round tart pan with a removable bottom, about 25 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 632.25 Kcal (2647 kJ)
Calories from fat 275.66 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.63g 47%
Cholesterol 178.02mg 59%
Sodium 104.09mg 4%
Potassium 179.96mg 4%
Total Carbs 86.68g 29%
Sugars 70g 280%
Dietary Fiber 4.26g 17%
Protein 8.58g 17%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Iron 2.3mg 13%
Calcium 102.6mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 317.6 Kcal (1330 kJ)
Calories from fat 138.47 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.39g 47%
Cholesterol 89.43mg 59%
Sodium 52.29mg 4%
Potassium 90.4mg 4%
Total Carbs 43.54g 29%
Sugars 35.16g 280%
Dietary Fiber 2.14g 17%
Protein 4.31g 17%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 1.2mg 13%
Calcium 51.6mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.4
    Points
  • 18
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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