Lemon Irish Whiskey Cake Recipes

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.

Steps:

• 1. PLEASE NOTE: I used all American measurements, & names instead of the metric or Imperial measures. This is my version of the original recipes with the changes I made.
• 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. This is the Rose petal cake pan that I used to bake the cake in. Spray inside of pan liberally with non stick cooking spray and set aside till needed.
• 3. Add Raisins to a small bowl.
• 4. Pour Irish Whiskey over raisins and stir.
• 5. Grate the zest of one lemon over raisins. Cover and microwave 3 minutes.Stir and microwave an additional 2 minutes, set aside then allow to cool till needed.
• 6. Separate 4 large eggs. Set aside till needed.
• 7. Add flour, salt, baking powder, cloves to a separate bowl, then stir to blend and set aside till needed.
• 8. Beat egg whites till stiff peaks form and set aside till needed. NOTE: IF IT IS A RAINY DAY WILL NOT GET REAL HIGH STIFF PEAKS.
• 9. Add softened butter & brown sugar to a large bowl.
• 10. Beat till blended. Then add one yolk, and beat again.
• 11. Add about 1/3 of flour to batter & beat again.
• 12. Repeat alternating with egg yolk and flour till all flour has been added.
• 13. Add raisin mixture to batter and stir to blend. Fold in beaten egg whites, and fold into batter till blended fully.
• 14. Pour cake batter into prepared pan.
• 15. Smooth out top with spatula or back of spoon.
• 16. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until wooden toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Leave in pan 10 minutes then invert onto baking rack to cool completely. Then turn on to large platter.
• 17. Prepare glaze by adding powdered sugar to a medium size bowl.
• 18. Cut lemon in half then squeeze juice of both halves into powdered sugar. Stir together to mix till mixture is desired spreading consistency.
• 19. Add more lemon juice if needed or do as I did, and add a tablespoon or 2 of orange juice till desired consistency is reached.
• 20. Drizzle glaze over entire cake, and garnish as desired with sugar crystals or lemon slices.
• 21. SLICE SERVE AND ENJOY.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

Steps:

• in a bowl combine Pudding and cake mix, milk, egg, and oil beat on medium for 2 minutes.
• Flour nuts and fold into batter.
• Bake in a round tube cake pan for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
• While cake is baking you can make the galze; combine white sugar, butter and whiskey (cook until sugar is melted).
• When cake is cooled DO NOT REMOVE FROM PAN; pour glaze over it and leave in pan overnight.
• BE SURE TO TURN CAKE OVER EVERY DAY TO KEEP IT MOIST.

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.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12 mini fluted tube cake pans with cooking spray.
• In small microwavable bowl, stir coffee powder and 2 tablespoons whiskey with whisk until combined. Microwave on High about 10 seconds or just until warm; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, 1/2 cup butter, the eggs, 2/3 cup water and 1/4 cup whiskey with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Add coffee mixture. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly among cake pans.
• Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove cakes from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In small heavy saucepan, mix sauce ingredients. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted.
• To serve, place cakes on dessert plates; drizzle with sauce.