Blarney Stone Whiskey Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1/4 cup whiskey
• 1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1 lb raisins
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 soak nutmeg in whiskey for 10 minutes.
• 2 mix pecans or walnuts together with raisins and 1/4 c flour and set aside.
• 3 in large bowl, cream margarine and sugar until fluffy.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg.
• 5 fold in remaining 1 and 1/4 c flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, soaked nutmeg and whiskey and raisin-nut mixture.
• 6 spoon into a greased and floured 10" tube pan.
• 7 bake at 325 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake pulls away from sides of pan.
• 8 let cool in pan 30 minutes.
• 9 remove cake and cool completely on rack.