MAPLE PECAN WHISKY BREAD PUDDING

SERVINGS: 12 | PREP: 45

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INGREDIENTS: Whiskey Cake: 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature | 1 cup sugar | ¼ cup brown sugar | 4 eggs | ¾ cup buttermilk | ¼ cup whiskey or bourbon | 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract | 2 ¾ cup flour | 1 tsp. baking powder | ½ tsp. baking soda | 1 tsp. salt Bread Pudding: Whiskey Cake, day old, cut into cubes | 3 eggs | 2 cups half & half | 1 cup sugar | ½ cup maple syrup | 1 Tbsp. vanilla | 1 cup pecans, chopped | ½ cup brown sugar | 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted Whiskey Sauce: 1 cup sugar | 1 stick butter | 1 egg | 1 Tbsp. vanilla | ½ cup whiskey or bourbon

DIRECTIONS: PREHEAT oven to 350° degrees. CREAM butter and sugar together in a stand mixer. ADD eggs one at a time. ADD buttermilk, whiskey, and vanilla, and blend well. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. WHISK dry ingredients. ADD dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well. GREASE and flour a bundt pan and spoon the batter into the pan. BAKE for 45-50 minutes. ALLOW to cool for 20 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack until completely cooled. CUT cake into cubes, once cool, and allow it to sit uncovered overnight.

PREHEAT oven to 350° degrees. GREASE a casserole dish. WHISK together eggs, half & half, sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. PLACE cubes into baking dish. POUR egg mixture over cubes and stir. CHOP pecans and mix with brown sugar and melted butter. SPRINKLE on top of bread pudding. BAKE for 45 minutes. ALLOW to rest for 10 minutes. COMBINE , in a saucepot, the sauce ingredients except for whiskey. STIR until the mixture becomes thickened and the sugar has dissolved. REMOVE from heat and stir in whiskey. SERVE bread pudding with whiskey sauce.

TIPS & TRICKS: If you don’t have time to let the cake sit overnight, you can lightly toast it in the oven.

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