Irish Whiskey Layer Cake

This was a wonderful layer cake given to me by my first boyfriend's mother, Ellen, in Denmark back in the mid 60's. I made it with our children's help for many years as a birthday cake for our Daddy, and he felt so spoiled! It sure was the highlight of his annual birthday celebration. Show more

Ready In: 50 mins

Serves: 6

Ingredients

  • 2 -3  bought  layer cake, bottoms,split in half
  • 1  cup sugar
  • 1  cup  strong coffee
  • 12 cup  whiskey
  • 1  quart  whipping cream
  •  chocolate shavings, for decorating
  •  instant coffee, for decorating
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Directions

  1. Make coffee, then pour into a pot and add sugar, cook till thicken, then add whiskey.
  2. Remove from heat, and let cool.
  3. Drissle the cake bottoms with the coffe mix, top with whipping cream.
  4. Add a layer, drissle, top and so on, on every layer throughout the cake.
  5. Decorate with piped whipping cream, shaved chocolate and instant coffee over cake.
  6. Let sit one day.
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