Author Notes
In college, whenever my roommate came back from visiting her parents, she brought with her a version of this cake that her mom made, using a boxed cake mix... and we stood in the kitchen of our little college apartment devouring the gooey, boozy bundt cake straight from the cake plate. I've since recreated the recipe with a rich homemade chocolate cake and even boozier kahlua syrup. —Loves Food Loves to Eat
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Ingredients
- For the Chocolate Kahlua Bundt Cake
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2 cups
sugar
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1 3/4 cups
flour
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3/4 cup
cocoa powder
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1 1/2 teaspoons
baking powder
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1 1/2 teaspoons
baking soda
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1 teaspoon
salt
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2
eggs
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1 cup
lowfat milk
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1/2 cup
vegetable oil
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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1/2 cup
boiling water
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1/2 cup
kahlua
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1 cup
chopped pecans- divided in half
- For the Boozy Kahlua Syrup
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1/2 cup
butter
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1 cup
sugar
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1 teaspoon
cocoa powder
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1/4 cup
water
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3/4 cup
kahlua
Directions
- For the Chocolate Kahlua Bundt Cake
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Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a budnt pan. Add 1/2 cup of pecans to bottom of bundt pan.
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In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt- whisk or stir together.
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Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; mix on medium speed until well combined. Add boiling water and kahlua.
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Pour batter into prepared bundt pan, and add remaining nuts. Baked for 50-55 minutes.
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Pour about 3/4 of the Boozy Kahlua Syrup on cake while it's still hot out of the oven. Let sit for 30 minutes before removing cake from pan. Serve with remaining syrup.
- For the Boozy Kahlua Syrup
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Boil sugar, butter, and water for 2 minutes, until bubbly and gooey. Remove from heat and add kahlua. Pour about 3/4 of syrup over hot cake, and let sit for 30 minutes before turning upside down and removing cake from pan. Serve cake with remaining syrup.
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