Irish Whiskey Cake
3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 4-ounce package instant chocolate pudding mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
4 eggs
1/2 cup Irish whiskey
>> Glaze:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup Irish whiskey
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a bundt or tube pan. Sift flour or
cocoa powder into pan and shake to distribute evenly. Pour out excess.
Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
Combine cake and pudding mix in a large mixing bowl.
Stir in oil and milk to moisten. Add eggs and beat. Slowly add whiskey
and beat until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 40 to 45
minutes.
Meanwhile, make glaze: Combine sugar and water in saucepan; bring to a
boil. Add butter and stir to melt. Boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and stir in whiskey. Cool slightly, then pour into
squeeze bottle.
Remove cake from oven. While cake is still hot, insert nozzle of squeeze
bottle into the bottom of cake and inject glaze. Repeat at several
points around cake, using up half the glaze. (If you don't have a
squeeze bottle, poke holes into bottom of cake and pour glaze over
holes). Let cake rest 5 minutes, then unmold.
Pour remaining glaze over top of cake.
Variations: If you prefer a non-chocolate cake, use yellow cake mix and
vanilla pudding instead of chocolate. For a nuttier cake, add 1/4 cup
chopped nuts into batter. |