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Texas A & M Cake
A maroon and white cake, flavored with bourbon and red velvet and glazed with a creamy, sweet white chocolate ganache.
Course
Dessert - Cake
Cuisine
American - Southern
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
1
hour
hour
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
45
minutes
minutes
Servings
12
servings
Calories
267
kcal
Author
Marye Audet-White
Ingredients
Softened butter to grease the pan
2
cups
all-purpose flour
1-½
teaspoons
baking powder
½
teaspoon
baking soda
½
teaspoon
salt
½
cup
unsalted butter
room temperature
1 -¼
cups
sugar
4
eggs
room temperature
1 -½
teaspoons
vanilla
¾
cup
sour cream
2
tablespoons
bourbon
For the Maroon Swirl
3
tablespoons
dark cocoa powder
1
tablespoon
buttermilk
, little more if needed to thin the batter
2
teaspoons
red food color
For the White Chocolate Ganache
6
ounces
white chocolate melts
, white chocolate chips are not recommended
2
tablespoons
heavy cream
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325F.
Grease the pan and dust with flour, shaking out the excess.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt -- set aside.
Beat
the butter and sugar on medium speed about 5 minutes, until very light and fluffy.
Switch mixer speed to low.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each addition.
Stir in the vanilla and sour
cream
.
Fold in
the flour mixture.
Remove 1 ½ cups of the batter to a smaller bowl.
Add the bourbon to the batter in the mixer.
Mix in the cocoa, red food coloring, and milk into the batter in the smaller bowl until the color is consistent.
Spoon the batter in the pan, alternating maroon and white.
Swirl a knife through the batter.
Bake for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Let cool in the pan for 30 minutes.
Loosen the cake from the pan and turn out to finish cooling.
When cool
drizzle
the glaze over the cake.
For the Glaze
Put the melts and the
cream
in a microwave safe bowl.
Heat the white chocolate melts and the
cream
in the microwave for 1 minute.
Stir.
Continue until the white chocolate is melted and "drippy"
Nutrition
Calories:
267
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
38
g
|
Protein:
5
g
|
Fat:
10
g
|
Saturated Fat:
5
g
|
Cholesterol:
68
mg
|
Sodium:
190
mg
|
Potassium:
139
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
21
g
|
Vitamin A:
210
IU
|
Vitamin C:
0.2
mg
|
Calcium:
67
mg
|
Iron:
1.5
mg