PART OF THE JACK DANIEL'S WHISKEY EXPERIENCE

Jack Daniel's Whiskey Chocolate Bacon Cake

Chocolate cake alone is a wonderful thing - but then add candied bacon, a little whiskey, and some sea salt, and you create a whole new realm of salty, sweet, boozy, chocolate goodness - catapulting your cake to a whole new level. This 4-layer chocolate cake filled with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream and candied bacon, frosted with a whiskey chocolate fudge, and topped with sea salt, made us feel like doing the jig (or was that the Jack?). We were dancing for joy once our fork met our mouth. Our Jack Daniel's Whiskey Experience Chocolate Bacon Cake naturally contains whiskey, and since it's in the frosting, you can adjust the strength of the whiskey to your specific liking. But believe us when we say that even you non-whiskey drinkers out there will be swooning over this cake.

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Recipes

For The Jack Daniel's Whiskey Chocolate Bacon Cake

Chocolate Cake Recipe

Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Candied Bacon Recipe

Jack Daniel's Whiskey Fudge Frosting Recipe

Tools

Used For The Jack Daniel's Whiskey Chocolate Bacon Cake

Ateco Stainless Steel Cake Knife

The perfect knife to get even layers of cake

Ateco Cake Stand

For easy frosting and smoothing

Stainless Steel Scraper

For flawless frosting

Small Angled Spatula

For a sharp top edge of frosting

8-inch Cake Boards

To build the cakes on

Fanci-Foil

Great for wrapping cake boards

Tips

For The Jack Daniel's Whiskey Chocolate Bacon Cake

To achieve a more organic look to your cake's frosting, begin with a smoothly frosted cake with even edges. This will serve as a nice base for decorating. Next take the small angled spatula, add some frosting, and apply a thin layer, moving the spatula in different directions as you ice the cake. Mess with the icing, moving it in different directions until you're happy

If you are new to cake decorating and want to learn the basics, check out Joshua John Russell's Free Modern Buttercream Class on Craftsy. It's perfect for those who want to try their hand at some cake creations of their own

We love the simplicity of a plain cake, but we also like to add a little flair here and there. We added some sea salt for those sweet and salty dessert lovers, but you can add some gold sprinkles, mustache candles, candied bacon, or anything that your heart desires

Presentation

Ideas For The Jack Daniel's Whiskey Chocolate Bacon Cake

We used a basic round black cake stand for our Jack Daniel's Whiskey Chocolate Bacon Cake. Check out Sur La Table, Pottery Barn, or Sarah's Stands for your stand. All offer an assortment of cake stands for you to choose from

A simple printable dessert label can go a long way to completing the presentation. We offer free printable dessert labels, along with the rest of the Jack Daniel's Whiskey Experience Printables, that you can download here. We recommend using cover weight paper which you can find at Paper-Source. We usually use pure white, but feel free to choose a color that works for you