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Lemon Whiskey Cake Recipe


Lemon Whiskey Cake Recipe
A no frosting required, delicately flavored cake. Place a paper doily over the tiop and sift some confectioner's sugar on to finish From The Irish Heritage Cookbook

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Ingredients
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1/4 C Irish Whiskey, Jamesons or Bushmill if you have it
  • 1 1/2 sticks of butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 c sugar
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 2 C flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 3/4 C almonds, ground

Directions
  1. Day Before - Zest lemon and cut into julienne strips, soak overnight in the whiskey
  2. Next Day - Preheat oven to 350 and generously grease a 9 inch round pan
  3. In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
  4. whisk in eggs
  5. Sift in flour and salt and stir to blend
  6. Fold in the almonds
  7. Strain the whiskey, discarding zest and stir the whiskey into the batter
  8. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until cake is golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about an hour.
  9. Cool on wire rack, dust with confectioner's sugar to serve.

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Hmmmmm...whiskey and lemon sounds like something you drink if you've got a cold. Just eat cake!! Sounds like it's very moist & good. Jett



I love cakes that do not require icing! YUM!


Pat, this is my kind of cake! jett's right...It could be named "Hot Toddy" cake. Thanks!


Oh my....Irish whiskey and lemon...in a cake. Pat, you rock...really. I am sending this to the printer and will give this a try. Everything about it is right up my Irish alley. Love your avatar!


Oh yeah....this works for me :) TY, Pat2Me :)


Love the lemon peel soak....great idea. Yummy.


This sounds perfect. I have an Irish friend and I know she'll love it.


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