BG, It's really weird that you posted this message just 2 minutes after I received this message. I waas also looking for one and this person sent the following recipe to me in the e-mail. Have a look. It's a tried recipe. ============================================================= (commends are not from me, but the recipe provider.)
the moment, I never want to make or eat this cake again! I have achieved a very close approximation to the original. But at such a cost! We have been eating variation after variation and I can't go on - at the moment anyway. So here is my *all natural, common ingredients, metric* variation on the original "Irish Whiskey Cake".IRISH WHISKEY CAKE For Non-North Americans
340 g all-purpose flour 15 g baking powder 5 g salt 110 g butter, room temperature 365 g sugar 10 ml vanilla 3 eggs plus 2 egg whites 100 ml Irish Whiskey [1] 80 ml oil (I used Canola) 125 ml milk [2] 40 to 50 g chopped walnuts Butter and flour a Bundt pan or 10 inch tube pan [3]. Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Beat butter until smooth. Add sugar and vanilla and beat well. Add eggs and egg whites one at a time beating 1 minute after each addition. Add dry ingredients and liquids alternately to beaten egg-butter mixture beating well after each addition. Add nuts and mix in well.
Pour into prepared pan and bake at 190 deg. C until done (about 45 to 55 minutes). Cool in pan on a cake rack for 5 minutes. Turn cake out onto cake rack and cool completely.
GLAZE 75 g butter 60 g water 105 g sugar 70 g Irish Whiskey
Melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in whiskey.
Place cake (on rack) over a large plate. Pour glaze over the cake. Pour the glaze that has dripped onto the plate over the cake. Repeat until all the glaze is used. As the glaze cools and builds up, it will form a shiny glaze over the cake.
[1] My wife thinks that I should add more whiskey here. She may be right. [2] Next time I think I will try using water instead of milk (might add a little powdered milk). Additional moisture is the reason. But it might change the crumb. [3] I used a bundt(tm) pan (fluted tube pan) as I have not been able to find my 10 inch tube pan. This is what the original recipe called for. However, with the changes I have made to the cake, I think it may well fit into an 8 inch or at least a 9 inch tube pan. I think that this cake in it's present condition is too small for a 10 inch tube pan. Additional Notes: The crumb with this cake is perfect. The density is close to perfect - it needs to be just a wee bit lighter. The moisture could be increased with benefit. The main problem is the weakness of the whiskey flavour even though I have increased the total amount of whiskey. Next time, I may try pouring some straight whiskey over the cake before adding the glaze. Adding additional whiskey to the glaze worked, but it was difficult to get the glaze to soak in enough. I'm thinking that it might work adding some whiskey to the partially cooled cake before removing it from the pan - I have done this with other cakes and it works moderately well.
My wife and I like this cake plain. It is also good with whipped cream. Haven't tried it, but it seems it would be good with custard sauce (more whiskey ?) or a similar sauce of a more vanilla-ish nature (Italian or French). Oh, it is also good with vanilla ice cream and, thinly sliced, with clotted cream. Toasted, it isn't too bad either. |