Whiskey Cake (Cake Mix)

Name: Whiskey Cake (Cake Mix)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 (18 ounce) package Duncan Hines yellow cake mix; 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix (unless already in the cake mix); 5 eggs; 1/2 cup oil; 1 fluid ounce whiskey; 1 cup chopped nuts (I prefer walnuts, but whatever floats your boat!); raisins, if desired (I prefer without); 1/4 lb butter, melted; 1/2 cup whiskey; 3/4 cup sugar

Submitted by Jamie Lynne

"Whiskey cake is probably my favorite cake of all time. This is a terrific cake to make for the holidays! The whiskey gives it such a yummy taste and the nuts add a nice touch also. Definitely give this recipe a try! (Note: Cooking time includes cooling!)"

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Ready In:: 3hrs 10mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 12

ingredients

Cake
1 (18 ounce) package Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix (unless already in the cake mix)
5 eggs
¹⁄₂ cup oil
1 fluid ounce whiskey
1 cup chopped nuts (I prefer walnuts, but whatever floats your boat!)
raisins, if desired (I prefer without)
Glaze
¹⁄₄ lb butter, melted
¹⁄₂ cup whiskey
³⁄₄ cup sugar

directions

Cake: Mix cake ingredients; beat 5 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees in tube pan for 1 hour.
Glaze: Mix glaze ingredients and cook in a saucepan over low heat until mixture comes to a boil.
When cake is removed from the oven, pour glaze over cake slowly, then leave in pan for 2 hours.

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Reviews

Try this with bourbon!! The batter was a glue-like consistency, so I added a half cup of milk. The cake still came out just fine. Next time I will try it as written and see what happens. I don't have a bundt pan so I used a regular cake pan, which worked just fine. Just make sure you pour the glaze really slowly, because it almost overflowed before soaking into the cake. Left out the nuts and raisins, since I don't care for nuts and didn't have any raisins. The bourbon was PERFECT in this, since bourbon has a sweet flavor anyway. Everyone really loved this cake--even people who swear they hate bourbon!

jdneamon
This is a real nice and tasty adult cake. I made this cake for my dad for fathers day. I followed the recipe by adding the chopped nuts, rasins but I also added a few dried cranberries. I used crown royal wishky and it came out really yummy! Thanks for sharing. Me again I just had to come back to say say that EVERY ONE REALLY LOVED THIS CAKE. Im keeing this recipe for years to come!

Spyce