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Receta chocolate chiffon bundt cake with drunken caramel; a tuesdays with dorie post
Ingredientes
- Drunken Caramel Sauce
- makes about 1 1/4 cups
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1″ piece of a vanilla bean, split open
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup booze-dark rum, bourbon, or whiskey (I highly recommend Pennington’s Strawberry Rye Whiskey)
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 298g | |
| Calories 1138 | |
| Calories from Fat 232 | 20% |
| Total Fat 26.41g | 33% |
| Saturated Fat 16.51g | 66% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 85mg | 28% |
| Sodium 44mg | 2% |
| Potassium 38mg | 1% |
| Total Carbs 234.87g | 63% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.0g | 0% |
| Sugars 211.65g | 141% |
| Protein 0.94g | 2% |
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