You can enjoy making a delicious line of gourmet liqueur cakes right at home. Topped with white chocolate, fruit or dark chocolate these cakes are sure to please everyone. They make wonderful gifts and are also great to serve to guests. You can store them up to two weeks in a cool place.
Liqueurs are sweet, savory, and richly flavored alcoholic liquors. You can make your liqueur cakes with fresh ingredients and various liqueurs to create a variety of liqueur cakes. While they are popular year round, they are especially loved during the Holiday Season. They also freeze exceedingly well, which is a good excuse to make extra so you can have them anytime.
Limoncello is the most famous lemon liqueur from Italy. This refreshing liqueur makes the delicious Limoncello Liqueur cake that is delectable. But then you can make other liqueurs cakes from coffee, rum, beer, orange and chocolate liqueurs that will literally have everyone eating out of your hands.
Rich cakes soaked in liqueur can be a delightful surprise for the holiday season. And because they store well unrefrigerated also they make perfect gifts and even to send over to loved ones in distant places. Cakes taste best at room temperature but will keep longer in the refrigerator.
You start by baking vanilla or chocolate pound cakes in loaf pans. Then pour sugar syrup, flavored with your choice of liqueurs --including almond, hazelnut, coffee, chocolate, or orange--or rum over the top. For cakes of different flavors, you can divide the syrup recipe and use different liqueurs.
Liqueurs Cakes Recipes
