Whiskey Cake

I love making cakes, especially ones for adults that contain or are made with alcohol. So when I was asked if I had a recipe for Whiskey Cake, I knew I had a good one.

So here is my recipe: Whiskey Cake

6oz 170g Chopped Walnuts

3oz 85g Raisins, Chopped

3oz 85g Currants

4oz Plain Flour

1 Teaspoon (5ml) Baking Powder

¼ Teaspoon (1.25ml) Salt

4oz 115g Butter

8oz 225g Caster Sugar

3 Eggs at room temperature, Separated

1½ Teaspoon Love the Diet Mixed Spice

3floz (85ml) Irish Whiskey or Whisky

Icing sugar for dusting optional

Method

Preheat the oven to 325f/170c/Gas Mark 3. And line a 9 x 5 inch (23 x 13 cm) Loaf tin with greaseproof paper, grease the paper and the sides of the tin.

Place the Walnuts, Raisins and Currants in a bowl and sprinkle two Tablespoons (30ml) of the flour, mix and set aside. Sift together the remaining flour with the baking powder and salt.

Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks.

Mix the spices with the Whiskey/Whisky.

Fold the butter into the flour mixture.

Beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold in the Whiskey/Whisky mixture until blended, then fold into the walnut mixture.

Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for about one hour, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Let the cake cool in the tin, dust with icing sugar if using.