While the cake is fantastic the story behind the name is even better.
In 1977 we had family visiting from Italy. They were staying at Grandma Lucy’s house, which was close to us. My mother decided to bake a cake to bring over that evening to have with coffee after dinner. I remember her being busy that day but she scrambled that afternoon to make the cake. It looked and smelled delicious sitting on the table in the kitchen.
We all went upstairs to clean up and get ready to go over to my grandmother’s house. While I was getting dressed I hear my mother screaming from downstairs. We all ran down to see what had happened. Sitting there on the table was a half eaten cake and our dog Shannon cowering in the corner as my mother screamed at her. Somehow Shannon had gotten up onto the kitchen table and had thoroughly enjoyed that cake. In time the incident became a big family joke…… but my mother didn’t think it was very funny that night.
Ingredients
Cake Batter
- 1 package Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 package Instant Vanilla Pudding
- 4 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Canola Oil
- 1 jigger Whiskey
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 cup Walnuts
Topping
- 1/2 stick Butter
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup Whiskey
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2:
Mix all of the cake batter ingredients for 5 minutes.
Step 3:
Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Cool the cake for 45 minutes.
Step 4:
While the cake is cooling prepare the topping. Heat and mix the topping ingredients in a saucepan to dissolve.
Step 5:
Invert the cake onto a serving dish to remove it from the can pan. Poke holes in the cake and pour and brush the topping into the cake.
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