4 traditional nut cake Recipes

whiskey cake. enough said, some cakes are made with traditional ingredients such as nuts and fruit, and others are made with, let s say, odd ingredients -- mayonnaise, sauerkraut or ketchup. today we re featuring a whiskey cake. whiskey may not be your cup of tea, but this type of cake is very popular in some parts of the country. and of course there are different versions -- irish whiskey cake, chocolate whiskey cake, tennessee whiskey cake and tipsy cake., version is made with a packaged pineapple cake mix. chopped nuts, instant pudding and maraschino cherries are added to the batter., finishing touch is the whiskey-butter syrup , which is poured over the hot cake. this cake is lush and moist. and the whiskey flavor is not overpowering. try it -- you ll love it

chocolate, butter or 1 lb firm margarine, broken mixed biscuit (cookies), chopped mixed, roasted nuts, vanilla

skinless split whole almonds (or blanched ), hazelnuts, glace pineapple or 2 oz crystallized pineapple, dried apricots (no-soak kind), orange , zest of, finely grated, plain flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, caster sugar, honey, icing or confectioners sugar, for decoration