A few weeks ago, on Kentucky Derby day, I cooked up—I mean, baked up—a certain cake that, you will see, was intended to be somewhat relevant to the event happening at the time. You will see that the mint julep, a cocktail composed of bourbon, mint, and sugar syrup, is the traditional drink consumed on the occasion. While I have never had a mint julep myself—cough, cough—I was interested in trying to replicate the flavors of the beverage through cake.