Raisin-Nut Cake With Brown Sugar Glaze |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 21 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Great around the holidays Ingredients:
1 cup raisins |
1/2 cup bourbon |
1 cup butter, softened |
2 1/4 cups sugar |
5 eggs |
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg |
1 cup buttermilk |
2 cups coarsely chopped pecans |
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar |
1/2 cup butter |
1/4 cup milk |
Directions:
1. Cake:.
2. Combine raisins and bourbon, stirring well. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at med. speed with an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Combine flour, baking powder,soda, and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Fold in pecans and raisin mixture.
4. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325F for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, place on serving plate. Drizzle with Brown Sugar Glaze. Cool completely.
5. Brown Sugar Glaze: Combine all ingredients in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Let cool to lukewarm.
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