Hootenholler Whiskey Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup bourbon whiskey
• 2 cups raisins
• 2 cups chopped pecans

Directions

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Combine next 4 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. CSombine molasses and baking soda; add to creamed mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 9-x5-x3-inch loafpan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Refrigerate cake for easier slicing.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: The Southern Heritage Cakes Ckbk.
Submitted By: Linda Wilson
lwilson@mail.heritage.com
Hootenholler Whiskey Cake