Easy Whiskey Cakes Food

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.

PENNY'S WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan or tube cake pan. Sprinkle the walnuts evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Place the cake mix, pudding mix, 1/2 cup water, vegetable oil, eggs, and 1/2 cup whiskey into a mixing bowl, and beat until well blended with an electric mixer, about 2 minutes. Pour the batter over the nuts in the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is set and the top springs back when pushed slightly, about 1 hour. When the cake is completely cool, run a paring knife between the cake and the edge of the pan. Hold the cake pan on its side and gently tap the sides of the pan against the counter to loosen it. Cover the cake pan with a plate or cooling rack, and invert it to tip the cake out of the pan and onto the plate. Poke holes all over the top of the cake with a toothpick.
• To make glaze, melt butter in a saucepan over low heat, then pour in 1/4 cup water and the sugar. Stir the mixture together until smooth, and bring to a boil over medium-low heat; boil for 5 minutes, then remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup whiskey. Let the mixture cool about 10 minutes, then pour the warm glaze over the cake, allowing it to soak into the holes in the cake.

EASY WHISKEY CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9 (5x3-inch) loaf pans with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, pudding mix, milk, oil, 1/4 cup whiskey and the eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes. Add 2 cups walnuts; beat 1 minute (batter will be very thick). Divide batter evenly among pans.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Place pans on cooling racks.
• While cakes are still warm, in another large bowl, beat melted butter, 1 1/2 cups whiskey and the powdered sugar with whisk until smooth. In bowl, reserve 1 1/2 cups icing; set aside. With bamboo skewer, poke holes in tops of cakes. Pour some of remaining icing over cakes; let soak in 1 minute. Repeat until all icing has soaked into cakes. Cool completely, 45 to 60 minutes.
• To reserved 1 1/2 cups icing, add 2 cups walnuts. Spoon walnut mixture over tops of cakes. Cakes can be frozen, tightly wrapped.

OLD-FASHIONED WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE: Combine all ingredients and mix for 3 minutes by hand.
• Pour into well-greased bundt pan and bake for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Toothpick should come out clean.
• ICING:.
• Cook on stovetop on med.
• heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture is brown.
• Leave cake in pan and using a toothpick, poke several holes into cake.
• Pour 3/4 of icing onto cake.
• Let set 15 minutes.
• Flip cake onto plate.
• Brush remaining icing onto top& sides of cake.

FIREBALL CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together cake mix and cinnamon, then stir in vegetable oil, eggs, and 1 cup Fireball. Bake according to package directions. Let cool completely before frosting.
• Make Fireball frosting: In a large bowl, combine butter, half the powdered sugar, vanilla , salt, and remaining 1/4 cup Fireball.
• Using a hand mixer, beat until smooth. Add the remaining 2 cups powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Gently stir in yellow food coloring, then red, being careful not to overmix (you want it to be streaky).
• Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and garnish with one Hot Tamale each.

RAWHIDE'S WHISKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. Grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan., Combine the first 6 ingredients; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes; fold in 1 cup nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with remaining nuts. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan., For glaze, mix all ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Cool 3 minutes. Pour one-third of glaze over top of cake, allowing some to flow over sides. Let stand 1 hour. Remove from pan to cool completely; cover., The next day, reheat glaze; brush half over cake, cooling before covering. Repeat the following day, using remaining glaze.

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.

CHOCOLATE WHISKEY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F. Butter bundt pan well, then dust with 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, knocking out excess.
• Heat coffee, whiskey, butter, and remaining cup cocoa powder in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, whisking, until butter is melted. Remove from heat, then add sugar and whisk until dissolved, about 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and cool 5 minutes.
• While chocolate mixture cools, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together eggs and vanilla in a small bowl, then whisk into cooled chocolate mixture until combined well. Add flour mixture and whisk until just combined (batter will be thin and bubbly). Pour batter into bundt pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
• Cool cake completely in pan on a rack, about 2 hours. Loosen cake from pan using tip of a dinner knife, then invert rack over pan and turn cake out onto rack.