Honey and whiskey cake

1 cake

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
6 ounces Flour; self-rising
6 ounces Butter
6 ounces Sugar; soft, brown
3 Eggs; beaten
4 tablespoons Whiskey; usually good
.. scotch
Rind of orange; grated
6 ounces Icing sugar
2 ounces Butter
2 tablespoons Honey; clear
Juice from orange
Almonds; toasted & flaked

Directions

Set oven to 375øF or Mark 5. Grease two 7 inch sandwich tins. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl. Add the orange rind. Beat in the eggs one at a time and whisk until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Sift in about half the flour and add the whisky. Fold into the mixture Sift in the remaining flour and fold in. Divide the mixture equally between the two tins and smooth the tops. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until light golden. Turn out on to a wire rack to cool.

To make the icing, put the butter into a mixing bowl. Add the honey and one tablespoon of the orange juice. Sift in the icing sugar slowly and work the mixture gradually until the ingredients are combined. Sandwich the cakes together with half of the buttercream.

Smooth the remainder over the top of the cake and decorate with toasted almonds.

** Scottish Tea-Time Recipes -- Johanna Mathie ** ** ISBN = 1 898435 18 9 ** Posted by The WEE Scot -- Paul MacGregor Submitted By PAUL MACGREGOR On 07-13-95

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