baking with liquor

[Anonymous]

I have a recipe for cake that calls for a splash of bourbon - I assume this is safe for kids to eat, since the bourbon would have been baked in the cake, but can someone confirm? Is there some "rule of thumb" about how long and/or at what temp you need to bake something for the alcohol to burn off. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

very safe. the alcohol will be totally baked out.

[Anonymous]

That's not true that it will be totally baked out. There's pretty much no way to cook alcohol where all of it burns off, and it especially does not all cook off during baking. Personally, I don't think a shot of rum spread over an entire cake is going to harm your kids. But if you won't serve it to kids unless it's alcohol free, you need a different recipe.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's not true that it will be totally baked out. There's pretty much no way to cook alcohol where all of it burns off, and it especially does not all cook off during baking. Personally, I don't think a shot of rum spread over an entire cake is going to harm your kids. But if you won't serve it to kids unless it's alcohol free, you need a different recipe.

+1. Most of it burns off if you add it to a pan dish on the stove. But you can taste it in baked goods. Why would they put it in baked goods if it evaporated?

[Anonymous]

I would not spend one second worrying about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not spend one second worrying about this.

Maybe OP is thinking of bringing her baked goods to someone else's place and doesn't want the other parents to be upset.

[Anonymous]

If you are really worried you should just drink the liquer while baking the goods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not spend one second worrying about this.

Maybe OP is thinking of bringing her baked goods to someone else's place and doesn't want the other parents to be upset.

If people get upset about this, they need to drink the whole bottle and simmer down. How much could possibly be in a serving? An 1/8 teaspoon? People are too uptight.

[Anonymous]

No worries. The kids won't like the taste.

[Anonymous]

Consider that vanilla extract contains alcohol too. Don't worry about a splash of bourbon.

[Anonymous]

Many foods have naturally occurring alcohols. If you have giving you child orange juice, you have given your kid alcohol. The amount of alcohol left in a cake after baking in very small.