Chocolate Ginger Cake With Bourbon Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
• 1/2 cup unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
• 1/2 cup unsulphured molasses
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 2 teaspoons finely grated peeled fresh ginger
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup bourbon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. butter a 9 inch bundt pan. dust with cocoa powder and tap out excess; set aside. put butter molasses, brown sugar and ½ cup water in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. cook, stirring constantly, until butter has melted. transfer to a large bowl. let cool 5 minutes.
• 2 add eggs, milk, and grated ginger to the molasses mixture; whisk to combine. sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, and cinnamon into a medium bowl.
• 3 gently fold the flour mixture into the molasses mixture until just combined. there should be lumps remaining. pour batter into prepared pan. bake cake until a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. let cake cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• 4 invert cake, and unmold into a cake stand or a large serving platter. using a spoon, drizzle the warm bourbon sauce over the cake in a back and forth motion. serve immediately.