KENTUCKY BOURBON WHISKEY CAKE
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
1 pint of bourbon
2 cups sugar
1 cup brown sugar
� pound butter (3 sticks)
6 eggs, separated
1 pound candied red cherries, cut in pieces
� pound of white raisins, cut in half
4 cups shelled pecans, chopped (optional mixture with black walnuts)
5 cups all purpose flour, sifted
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. baking powder
Soak cherries and raisins in the whiskey overnight. Cream the sugar and butter until fluffy. Add the beaten egg yolks and beat well. Add the soaked fruit and remaining whiskey. Reserve a small amount of flour for the nuts. Add remaining flour with baking powder and nutmeg. Add the creamed mixture. Beat egg whites, and fold in. Add pecans, dredged in flour. Bake in two GREASED AND FLOURED loaf pans, about 8" x 11". Bake in slow oven, 250�, for 2 to 3 hours or until it tests done. Cool. When cold, cover with cloth, soaked in whiskey. Wrap in heavy wax paper. Let stand for about one month.
Recipe
|
|