Lemon Irish Whiskey Cake Recipes

THE LITTLE IRISH WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Place lemon zest and the raisins in a small bowl and cover with 1/4 cup of whiskey.
• Cover with plastic wrap and leave to soak overnight.
• When ready to prepare the cake, lightly butter a 7-inch square cake pan.
• Line the base with parchment paper.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer (or mix by hand).
• Beat the butter until creamy.
• Add the sugar and continue beating until the mixture is light and creamy.
• Add the egg yolks and beat them into the mixture one at a time.
• Remove the lemon zest from the raisin and whiskey mixture.
• Chop some of the zest very finely, about 1 Tbsp, and add to the egg and sugar mixture along with the raisins and whiskey.
• Gently stir into the mixture.
• In another bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff.
• Fold them into the egg and sugar mixture alternately with the flour.
• Don't overmix.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth the surface.
• Sprinkle with the sugar and bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes or until it springs back gently when touched and a tester emerges clean.
• Remove from the oven and let sit for about 10 minutes.
• Turn out onto a cake rack set over a plate so that the cake is upside down.
• Use a skewer to make about 6 or 8 little holes in the cake's base (don't go all the way through) and pour the remaining bit of whiskey into the holes.
• Let sit for another 15 minutes, then invert and let cool completely before cutting into thick fingers and serving.

LEMON-IRISH WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Place julienned lemon zest in a small bowl. Add whiskey and let soak overnight.
• The next day, preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9 inch cake pan.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whisk in the eggs.
• Sift the flour and add to the butter mixture along with the salt. Stir to blend.
• Fold in the ground almonds.
• Strain the whiskey, discarding the zest, and stir the whiskey into the batter.
• Pour into the prepared pan, and bake about one hour, until golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

LEMON-WHISKEY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 10- to 12-cup Bundt pan; dust with flour.
• Stir cake mix and pudding mix in large bowl to blend. Beat in eggs, then milk, 1/4 cup whiskey, oil and lemon peel. Mix nuts with flour in small bowl; mix into batter. Transfer to prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Set pan with cake on rack while preparing glaze.
• Stir sugar, butter and remaining 1/2 cup whiskey in heavy small saucepan over medium-low heat until butter melts, sugar dissolves and syrup bubbles, about 5 minutes. Spoon hot syrup over cake. Cool cake completely in pan. Turn cake out of pan. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and store airtight at room temperature.)

IRISH WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Place the raisins, lemon rind, and whiskey in a small bowl and let them soak overnight. Line bottom of an eight-inch square cake pan with parchment paper that is buttered and dusted with flour. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift the flour, salt, cloves and baking powder into a bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and beat well. Quickly beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the soaked raisins.
• In a separate clean bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the mixture. Pour this into your prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake thoroughly on a wire rack.
• To make the glaze: Mix the lemon juice with the sifted powdered sugar and just enough whiskey and warm water so that you can drizzle icing over the cake.

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.

IRISH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.
• Beat the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the sugar until well blended. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in the 2 tablespoons flour with the last egg. Stir in the remaining 2 cups flour until just combined; stir in the mac, vanilla, and whiskey. Pour into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.