Screw Driver Carrot Cake
Ingredients
Cake
5 Tbsp. grated orange rind
1/2 C. vodka
1 C. butter, softened
2 C. sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
3 C. flour, sifted
3 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. allspice
1 1/2 C. carrots, raw, grated
1/2 C. pecans, chopped
Glaze
2 C. powdered sugar
2 tsp. orange juice
1/2 tsp. orange extract
4 tsp. vodka
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
Cooking Instructions
Stir grated orange rind into vodka and set aside. Cream butter, gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in beaten eggs and add vanilla. Sift the dry ingredients together, then blend into the batter, alternately with orange-vodka mix. Add carrots and chopped pecans. Bake in buttered, floured 10 inch tube or Bundt pan in preheated 350 oven until cake tests done, about 1 hour. Cool the cake in pan on rack for 15 minutes. Turn out and finish cooling on rack. Make glaze by combining powdered sugar, orange juice, vodka, orange extract and light corn syrup and beating until smooth. Spoon glaze over top of cooled cake, then spread evenly with knife. If desired, sprinkle with more chopped nuts.
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