chocolate cream cheese sheet cake with bourbon brown sugar pecans

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chocolate cream cheese sheet cake with bourbon brown sugar pecans

Want something that gives you an ethereal eating experience? Then this chocolate cream cheese sheet cake is your Rx!

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This chocolate cream cheese sheet cake with bourbon brown sugar pecans is probably one of the best chocolate cake you’ll ever put in your mouth.

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At least that’s my palate’s opinion and that of food seekers who were salivating waiting for this cake to be eaten! Of course, no one eats until all the glamour shots are done!

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Kind of like a ‘Texas Sheet Cake’ in that I used a half sheet pan to bake it in. I like the thin slices, which can almost seem like cake brownies.

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But if you want to stack them and have a big ol’ piece the size of Texas, have at it! I think what makes this cake so moist is the mascarpone.

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Now, yep, it’s on the pricey side, but sometimes you just have to splurge and spring for those ingredients that do without a doubt make something better!

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Of course there are so many other things you can do with this cake when serving. Add whipped cream, ice cream, fresh strawberries or raspberries, chocolate ganache, a sparse drizzle of balsamic glaze, a dollop of sweetened cream cheese whip. And, don’t forget, the nuts are best if warm!

chocolate cream cheese sheet cake with bourbon brown sugar pecans

chocolate cream cheese sheet cake with bourbon brown sugar pecans

chocolate cream cheese sheet cake with bourbon brown sugar pecans

Yield: Makes: One 9 x 13" cake

Ingredients

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • DRY INGREDIENTS
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ¼ tsp. sea salt
  • 3 tsp. instant coffee (or instant espresso)
  • WET INGREDIENTS
  • ¾ cup butter, salted & room temperature
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 8 oz. mascarpone, room temperature
  • 1 Tbl. vanilla
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • ½ cup milk (2% or whole)
  • ½ cup 60% chocolate, pieces
  • TOPPING
  • 1 Tbl. butter, salted
  • 2 Tbl. bourbon
  • 3 Tbl. brown sugar
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. Add the salt and instant coffee and toss and blend.
  2. In another large mixing bowl, whip (using a hand mixer) together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Add in the mascarpone and vanilla and whip another about 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time and incorporate using the hand mixer. Blend the milk into the mixture. Fold in the good stuff now, the chocolate chunks! 
  3. Add half of the dry ingredients to the wet and blend well; then add the remaining dry ingredients and blend well. The batter will be fluffy and thick.
  4. Grease well a sheet pan (about 1 to 1 ½” deep)—I also lined with parchment paper. Pour in the batter and smooth into the pan. Bake in a preheated 350 oven about 22-25 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack until cool.
  5. TOPPING: Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the bourbon and brown sugar and blend, toss in the pecans. Cook about 4-5 minutes. Remove. Serve as toppings on the servings.

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8 Comments

  1. Anonymous says:

    Love this recipe! Any chance making it Gluten Free????
    Thanks!
    Gloria

    1. Hi, Gloria! I think you could certainly swap out 1:1 GF flour (i.e., almond or Bob’s Red Mill GF baking flour) for the regular. Sure hope you try it in your kitchen and let me know, luv! xoxx ally

  2. Johnny Lang says:

    Hi. It doesn’t mention in the recipe what to do with the chocolate chunks. Please advise. Melt? Just mix in? Thanks.

    1. OH, goodness, Johnny! Great catch. THANK YOU! Want an editorial job? lol! You’ll add those chocolate chunks into wet mixture after you’ve blended everything well. I’ll make that edit and clean up the recipe. You’re awesome! Thank you! xoxx ~ally

  3. When do you add the chocolate? I would assume you would melt it and add to the wet ingredients.

    1. Hi, JAN! Great great catch! Thank you soooooooo much! You’re totally right. Add to the wet ingredients once you’ve blended it all. Just fold them in. Thank you! xoxx ally

  4. Hi Ally, I need a sheet cake with white frosting for a particular party. I am thinking of topping this cake with a bourbon cream cheese frosting. If I do, do you think I should frost it while warm like a traditional Texas sheet cake or wait until the cake cools? Also, do you think it would work to finely chop the pecans, make them with the bourbon like you suggest, and mix them into the cake?

    1. Cheri! I love love your idea! I think if you serve the cake ‘warm’ you could frost while the cake is cooling and the icing would be slightly ‘melting’. However, if you want it to be a show piece, then wait til it cools. I’d frost it cool and have that icing as a statement ‘showing’ w/those finely chopped bourbon pecans! Please please, luv, share a pix w/me!! xoxo

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