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tipsy carrot cake
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Tipsy Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
5 tablespoons grated orange rind
1/2 cup vodka
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour, sifted
3 and 1/4 teaspoons bakin' powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1 and 1/2 cups carrots, grated
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons orange juice
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
4 teaspoons vodka
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 350�. Butter and flour a 10" tube or Bundt cake pan.
2) Combine vodka and grated orange rind and set aside.
3) Cream butter and sugar together 'til light and fluffy.
4) Beat in beaten eggs.
5) Beat in vanilla extract.
6) Sift together the flour, bakin' powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg,
and allspice, then blend into the batter alternatin' with the vodka
and orange rind mixture.
7) Add carrots and chopped pecans.
8) Bake for one hour, or 'til cake tests done.
9) Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes,
then turn out and finish coolin' on the rack.
10) Thoroughly combine confectioners' sugar, orange juice, vodka, orange extract, and light corn syrup, beatin' 'til smooth.
11) Spoon glaze evenly over top of cooled cake.
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