Kentucky is known for their Bourbon Whiskey, which happens to be a preferred liquor. This is my stash of Bourbon, in case you don't believe me. I like to drink it neat. But that's for another article.

I reason I bring it up is that I have heard so much about this Bourbon cake, and it's the Kentucky Woods Bourbon Barrel Cake. I have been wondering how it looks and what it tastes like. Is it any different from any other cake?

So I went to their website, and they described the cake as follows:

"Our Kentucky Woods™ cake is the original, one and only Bourbon Barrel Cake™ and is a moist brown sugar cake with pure maple and chocolate cake, topped with walnuts, chocolate and caramel bourbon icing. We use seven year aged Kentucky bourbon to give a very unique nutty and maple flavor. After baking what is left of the bourbon is not the alcohol, yet the essence which is the richest form of bourbon. All the flavor without the alcohol, is our secret!"

I love pure maple. I love chocolate. I love walnuts.

I love caramel bourbon icing. And best of all, I love seven year aged Kentucky Bourbon!

Bourbon has been produced in Kentucky in charred oak wood barrels since the 18th century. This barrel cake really piqued my interest, so I ordered the Bourbon Barrel Cake.

When it arrived, and I cut it immediately. Of course, I wanted to taste it!

Just look at the colors of this cake! It looks very good.

YUM!

It tasted fresh. It was moist. The cake retained all of the rich flavor of the bourbon, with a rich brown sugar, nutty and maple flavor, as promised!

Well, folks... it doesn't disappoint! But since I can bake, I might try baking my own Bourbon Cake (without the barrel).

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