Bourbon Nut Cake
- 4 cups flour, all-purpose sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 teaspoons nutmeg ground
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 2 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 4 ounces bourbon whiskey
- 4 cups pecans coarsely chopped
- 1 pound raisins, seedless dark
- 1/2 pound candied cherries sliced or chopped
- 1 x powdered sugar
- Sift flour with baking powder and nutmeg.
- Cream butter well, then gradually add sugar and continue to cream until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with bourbon.
- Stir in nuts, raisins and cherries.
- Turn batter into well-greased 10-inch tube pan lined on bottom with waxed paper.
- Bake at 300F 2 hours, or until cake tester inserted near center comes out clean.
- If top of cake begins to brown before it is done, cover loosely with foil.
- Remove cake from oven and let stand 10 to 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
- When cool, sprinkle with additional bourbon and wrap.
- Use more bourbon if fragrant cake is desired.
- Let cake mellow 1 week or longer for best flavor.
- Sift powdered sugar over top before slicing.
flour, baking powder, nutmeg ground, butter, sugar, eggs, bourbon whiskey, pecans, raisins, candied cherries, powdered sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/bourbon-nut-cake-5715 (may not work)