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Cake de Cuba Libre
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Serves 12
FOR CAKE:
3 cups cake flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened, plus more for greasing
2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
1 cup Classic Coca-Cola (not diet)
1/4 cup dark rum
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
FOR SAUCE:
1 cup Classic Coca-Cola
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
12 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup dark rum
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Liberally grease and lightly flour a standard bundt pan.
2. Beat the eggs with an electric mixer in a large mixing bowl. Gradually add the 2 sticks softened butter and the sugar and beat until creamy. Beat in the 1 cup Coca-Cola, 1/4 cup rum, vanilla and milk. Use only fresh, bubbly Coke, not "flat" Coke as called for in some recipes. The bubbles actually make a honeycomb effect in the finished cake.
3. Gradually add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl, beating constantly until you have a smooth batter. Pour the cake batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake approximately 45-60 minutes, or until the cake tests done. Let the cake cool slightly, use a knife to work around the sides and center of the cake, and then invert the cake on a serving plate.
4. Bring the 1 cup Coca-Cola, sugar and corn syrup to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Continue cooking at medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until syrup thickens. Remove from heat and immediately stir in the 12 tablespoons butter and the 1/4 cup rum.
5. Serve the cake warm, spooning plenty of sauce over each individual serving. Yes, we sometimes double the syrup recipe when we are feeling especially decadent and our wives aren't looking!
Per serving: 690 calories, 6 g protein, 94 g carbohydrates, 29 g total fat, 17 g saturated fat, 145 mg cholesterol, 250 mg sodium, trace fiber. Calories from fat: 38 percent.
SOURCE -- Times analysis
# BOOK: "Three Guys From Miami Celebrate Cuban:100 Great Recipes for Cuban Entertaining" ($29.95, Gibbs Smith, 248 pages).
# AUTHORS: Glenn Lindgren, Raul Musibay and Jorge Castillo -- this is their second book, the first one being "Three Guys From Miami Cook Cuban."
# REVIEWER: Karen Williams of Walnut Creek, married mother of six and self-taught chef who runs her own Pampered Chef business.
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