An Irish Whiskey Cake For St Patricks Day Recipes

BOOZY IRISH WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease 6 mini loaf pans with cooking spray.
• Combine cake mix, pudding mixes, and 1/2 cup walnuts in a large bowl.
• Whisk 1/2 cup Irish whiskey, milk, and oil together in a separate bowl. Whisk in eggs. Pour over cake mixture and stir until blended. Divide batter among the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in brown sugar. Add remaining walnuts, 1 tablespoon whiskey, and water. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in remaining whiskey.
• Cool cakes for 5 minutes before inverting a wire rack set over a baking sheet. Use a toothpick to poke small holes across the tops. Pour whiskey topping over cakes and leave to soak in as they cool.

AN IRISH WHISKEY CAKE FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour a 12 cup Bundt pan.
• Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, and the salt, set aside.
• Cream the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine the whiskey and espresso powder in a small measuring cup or bowl, stir to dissolve the powder, if it doesn't fully dissolve you can briefly warm the mixture in the microwave for a few seconds, be careful not get it more than just barely warm.
• When dissolved, add to the butter mixture. Beat until well combined.
• By hand fold in ½ of the flour mixture following by all of the buttermilk and then the remaining flour mixture alternating with buttermilk.
• Fold in chopped pistachios.
• Spread the batter into the prepared Bundt Pan.
• Bake the cake for 55-60 minutes or until a cake tester when inserted near the center comes out clean. And it is golden brown.
• Let the cake cool for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile mix together the glaze: in a small bowl or measuring cup mix together the water, ½ cup whiskey, and the powdered sugar.
• When the cake has cooled 10 minutes in the pan invert onto a wire rack over a cookie sheet.
• Immediately pour and brush the glaze over the hot cake, scooping any glaze that falls below back onto the cake until most of the glaze has been absorbed.
• When completely cooled place the cake on a serving platter or stand
• Combine the 1 cup of powdered sugar and the Irish Whiskey. Pour over the cooled cake. Sprinkle with the chopped pistachios.

IRISH WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• in a bowl combine Pudding and cake mix, milk, egg, and oil beat on medium for 2 minutes.
• Flour nuts and fold into batter.
• Bake in a round tube cake pan for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
• While cake is baking you can make the galze; combine white sugar, butter and whiskey (cook until sugar is melted).
• When cake is cooled DO NOT REMOVE FROM PAN; pour glaze over it and leave in pan overnight.
• BE SURE TO TURN CAKE OVER EVERY DAY TO KEEP IT MOIST.

IRISH WHISKEY CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper. Grease the pans using butter or a spray and dust with flour. Set aside.
• In a stand mixer or using a handheld mixer, cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. It will begin to pale in color, too.
• Add about one third of the beaten eggs, and continue to beat medium speed.
• Now add about a third of the sifted flour. Repeat this step, then add the rest of the eggs and mix well. Turn the mixer to low and add the final flour and the whiskey and mix until well combined, but do not over mix.
• Using a scale, divide the mixture evenly between the two tins and place in the center of a preheated oven for about 35 minutes. If you don't own a scale (I highly advise it for best baking results) just eye it. Since ovens vary greatly, do not open the oven until you start to smell the cake and it looks well risen (through the glass).
• Carefully check that the cake is done with a cake tester or thin skewer. If it is too raw, the cakes will fall and you won't be happy, so the previous step is important. When the cake is done, remove them from the oven and allow to cool before removing from the tins.
• To remove: place a cooling rack over the top of the cake and flip it over quickly. Remove the tin and the parchment paper and allow to cool completely before filling.
• Make the whiskey buttercream by mixing all of the ingredients together in a bowl until a smooth spreading/piping consistency is formed.
• Using a cake leveler, or large serated knife, place the cake layers, flat side down on the counter and slice off the top to make them even.
• Save or freeze the leftover cake to make trifle(s)!
• Place one layer, CUT SIDE UP on a serving plate or cake stand and spread or pipe the whiskey buttercream over the top. I used a 2D tip if you wanted to do the same.
• Top with the second layer, but this time, CUT SIDE DOWN.
• Put all of the glaze ingredients except the whiskey into a small pot over medium heat. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly before adding the whiskey. Stir and check the consistency before pouring over the cake: it should be a bit more thick than it was when hot, but not so cool/thick that it won't run off the edges of the cake.
• Pour over the cake and allow to run slightly down the edges. Decorate with some clover if you have it (for St. Patrick's Day).
• Slice and serve.

IRISH WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325° and brush the inside of the bundt pan with some of the melted butter (leaving the remaining in the pan for the glaze). Lightly add a little flour ot the bundt pan, tapping out the excess flour. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, measure and add the flour, baking soda and kosher salt. Whisk to combine and set this off to the side as well.
• In the bowl of your stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, add 1 cup (2 sticks) softened unsalted butter. Mix for medium-low speed for 4 minutes until creamy and pale yellow in color.
• To the butter add the granulated sugar and dark brown sugar. Continue mixing for 2 more minutes. This should be fluffy like.
• Add in the sour cream. Mix until combined.
• Crack in each egg, mixing well after each one. Add the vanilla in with the last egg.
• Lastly, gradually add in the dry ingredients. Stop mixing once incorporated.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan. With the back of the spatula, spread the cake evenly and top with the chopped nuts.
• Bake on the middle rack in your preheated 325° oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until a tester comes out with only a few crumbs attached.
• Once baked, invert the cake onto a wire cooling rack (I set it into a rimmed pan) and allow to cool 1 hour.
• When the cake has cooled, make the glaze by combining light brown sugar, Irish whiskey, freshly squeezed orange juice, vanilla in with the saucepan with the remaining butter from earlier. Heat over medium-low, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.
• Brush generously all over the cake.
• Slice and serve with whipped cream and an extra drizzle of the whisky syrup.