This Chocolate Bourbon Biscuit Cake is just what you need to brighten your dessert table! It's made with just four ingredients and baked for just 20 minutes. Serve it during birthdays and special occasions.
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Pull up your sleeves and get ready to make this delicious cake! It is so simple to make and only requires 4 easy-to-find ingredients. Bourbons are chocolate sandwich biscuits filled with chocolate buttercream. They are usually served as a snack or eaten with tea and kids love them.
This recipe takes a spin on classic biscuits and makes a tasty two-layer cake that can be served at celebrations. Skip the chocolate cream altogether if you prefer and serve the cake plain. Swap brown sugar with white sugar if that's what you have on hand.
Why You Should Try This Recipe
- It is a fun, decadent treat for chocolate lovers!
- You only need four ingredients to make it.
- You can be creative and decorate the cake however you like.
- Double or triple this recipe to feed more people.
Bourbon Biscuit Cake Ingredients
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
- Bourbon biscuits: These yummy biscuits are blended into crumbs and combined with other ingredients to make the Chocolate Bourbon biscuit cake batter.
- Baking powder: This is the leavening agent used to help the cake rise. To get the best results, make sure it has not expired.
- Brown sugar: Adds sweetness to the cake.
- Milk: Add milk to the dry ingredients for the Bourbon biscuit cake batter.
- Heavy cream: Combine heavy cream with other ingredients to make chocolate cream.
- Icing sugar: This is a fine sugar used to make chocolate cream.
- Vanilla extract: For extra sweetness.
- Cocoa powder: Use good quality cocoa powder to make the chocolate cream.
- Mascarpone: Combine mascarpone with the other ingredients for a delicious texture and flavor.
Tips and Substitutions
- Bourbon biscuit crumbs: Blend the Bourbon biscuits into fine crumbs before making the batter. This will ensure a delicious, fluffy biscuit cake.
- Decoration: You can use milk chocolate ganache, easy chocolate buttercream, cream to frost the cake or serve it plain.
How to Make Bourbon Biscuit Cake
- Preheat the oven to 180C/360F—line two 7" or 6" baking tins with baking paper.
- Place the bourbon biscuits in a blender or food processor. Blend into crumbs.
3. Add biscuit crumbs and baking powder to a large bowl.
4. Next, add brown sugar and milk to the bowl. Mix until smooth and combined.
5. Pour half of the cake batter into one tin, then pour the rest into the second tin.
How to make Chocolate Cream
7. As the cakes cool, whip heavy cream and icing sugar until medium peaks form.
8. Then, add mascarpone, vanilla extract, cocoa powder and fold gently with a spatula.
9. Use a frosting bag with a nozzle to apply the cream to the cake. Add chocolate cream to the first cake layer and smooth it out.
10. Then, place the second layer on top of the cake and spread the top cake with a thin layer of cream.
11. Around the rim of the cake, alternate chocolate cream swirls and bourbon biscuits. Then, pour bourbon biscuit crumbles into the center of the cake.
12. Finally, refrigerate the cake for up to 1 hour to set the chocolate cream and serve as desired.
13. Serve this decadent Chocolate Bourbon Cake as a delicious dessert, for birthdays and special celebrations with Homemade Hot Chocolate Drink.
Recipe FAQs
The bourbon biscuit is a popular chocolate sandwich biscuit. It is rectangular in shape and has a chocolate buttercream filling.
The name Bourbon comes from a combination of Bournville, their place of origin, and Bonn, the hometown of Professor Zehnloch.
A variety of desserts can be made with Bourbon biscuits. For example, brownies, cheesecakes, milkshakes, cakes and more.
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Bourbon Biscuit Cake
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Spatula
- 2 7" Cake tins
- Food processor or blender
Ingredients
- 500 g Bourbon cookies + 50 g for decoration
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 2 tablespoon Brown sugar
- 300 ml Milk
For cream
- 100 ml Heavy cream
- 50 g Icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon Cocoa powder
- 250 g Mascarpone
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 180C/360F. Line two cake tins with baking paper.
- Add bourbon biscuits to a blender or food processor and blitz into crumbs. Then add the biscuit crumbs, baking powder, brown sugar and milk into a large bowl. Mix the ingredients well.
- Pour an equal amount of cake batter into each tin. Flatten the batter and bake for 20-25 minutes. Check the readiness of the cakes with a wooden skewer - it should come out dry. Once the cakes are done leave them to cool upside down on a cooling rack.
How to Make Chocolate Cream
- While the cakes cool make the chocolate cream. Whip the heavy cream and icing sugar until medium peaks form. Then add mascarpone, vanilla extract, cocoa powder and fold gently with a spatula.
- Use a frosting bag with a nozzle to apply the cream to the cake. Add chocolate cream on top of the first cake layer and smooth it out. Place the second layer on top of the cake then spread the top cake with a thin layer of cream. Alternate between chocolate cream swirls and bourbon biscuits around the rim of the cake. Then pour bourbon biscuit crumbles into the center of the cake.
- Refrigerate the cake for up to 1 hour to set the chocolate cream and serve as desired.
Jen Sim
This chocolate bourbon biscuit cake is so delicious and easy to make.