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KENTUCKY WHISKEY CAKE Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
5 c flour
2 1/2 c white sugar
1 c brown sugar
6 eggs - beaten separately
3/4 lb. butter
1 pt. bourbon whiskey( Jim Beam or Jack Daniels best)
1 lb.marachino cherries - halved
1/2 lb. pitted dates - chopped
1 lb. chopped pecans (2 cups)
Directions:
Directions:
Soak cherries & dates in whiskey overnight.

Cream butter till fluffy, add eggs, beat well. Gradually add dry ingredients and mix well. Add pecans last. Reserve some flour to dust pecans. This helps keep pecans distrbuted in the cake.

Bake 325º for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs. until toothpick comes out clean. Makes one tube pan or 2 loaf pans
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
a lot depending on size of slices.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 mins to chop & marinate cherries and dates. 20 minutes to mix cake nest day
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This in one of those cake you can love if you don't like fruit cakes!! Lasts a long time if kept in zip lock bag etc.

 

 

 

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