Bourbon-Brown Sugar Cake Layers

Name: Bourbon-Brown Sugar Cake Layers
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7½ ounces/213 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 cup, whole milk; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/4 cup, bourbon; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces/298 grams), light brown sugar; 3 , large eggs, room temperature

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes

By Sarah Ewald ･ Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2019

These bourbon-soaked cake layers are both salty and sweet.

SERVES Makes two 9-inch cake layers

TIME 1 hour, plus 2 hours cooling

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