I found it in a cookbook. Here's a SLIGHTLY different version (an extra egg and extra walnuts, for one):

http://www.duncanhines.com/recipes/s...1/whiskey-cake

1 Duncan Hines Yellow or Butter Cake Mix
1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
5 eggs
½ cup whiskey
½ cup milk
¾ cup oil
1 8 oz package chocolate chips
1 ½ cup whole walnuts (can be omitted)

GLAZE
1 ½ cups whiskey
1 ½ sticks butter
1 cup sugar

With electric mixer: beat eggs, whiskey, milk and oil together. Beat in pudding and cake mix. Mix in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Pour into greased and floured pan (1 bundt pan or 2 loaf pans, or 5 mini loaf pans)
Bake 350 degrees for appox. 1 hour – when tooth pick comes out clean.
Heat glaze in sauce pan till bubbly and cook for 2 minutes. Pour over cakes (while still warm), remove while a little warm, if it cools too much, it may stick.


(I didn't have a glaze recipe and I think it tastes OK without it.)

What I wonder is: I don't really drink, so I just used some sour mash whiskey that I happened to have because someone didn't need it anymore and I like to have things on hand for guests. Would it have tasted significantly different had I used some other type of whiskey? Thanks.


Lenona.

On May 15, 11:17*am, wrote:
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> I found it in a cookbook. Here's a SLIGHTLY different version (an extra egg and extra walnuts, for one):
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> http://www.duncanhines.com/recipes/s...bolton61/whisk...
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> * * 1 Duncan Hines Yellow or Butter Cake Mix
> * * 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
> * * 5 eggs
> * * ½ cup whiskey
> * * ½ cup milk
> * * ¾ cup oil
> * * 1 8 oz package chocolate chips
> * * 1 ½ cup whole walnuts (can be omitted)
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It sounds ok, just ok, but the chocolate chips sound awful. As much
as I love chocolate, they don't sound good in _this_ cake.

On May 15, 12:24*pm, "
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> On May 15, 11:17*am, wrote:
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> > I found it in a cookbook. Here's a SLIGHTLY different version (an extra egg and extra walnuts, for one):
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> >http://www.duncanhines.com/recipes/s...bolton61/whisk...
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> > * * 1 Duncan Hines Yellow or Butter Cake Mix
> > * * 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
> > * * 5 eggs
> > * * ½ cup whiskey
> > * * ½ cup milk
> > * * ¾ cup oil
> > * * 1 8 oz package chocolate chips
> > * * 1 ½ cup whole walnuts (can be omitted)
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> It sounds ok, just ok, but the chocolate chips sound awful. *As much
> as I love chocolate, they don't sound good in *_this_ *cake.- Hide quoted text -
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I bet the chocolate chips are good in the cake. The cake sounds a lot
like a Derby Cake, which is similar to a Derby Pie but it's a cake
instead. There's a company in Louisville called Mert's Cakes that
makes them exclusively. They're ridiculously expensive though. I
bought one from Kroger but only after it had been reduced to $5.00.
The cake was very good but there's no way I would have paid full price
for it.

On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:17:35 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> What I wonder is: I don't really drink, so I just used some sour mash whiskey that I happened to have because someone didn't need it anymore and I like to have things on hand for guests. Would it have tasted significantly different had I used some other type of whiskey? Thanks.

You probably wouldn't notice the difference between blended and mash
because you're not a bourbon drinker. Bourbon is always harsh to me,
no matter what type I use. You might notice a difference if you make
another cake soon and use rum instead... it will be a bit smoother -
more mellow tasting. The easiest way to conduct an experiment is by
making one batch each of those bourbon/rum balls with the recipe that
uses vanilla wafer crumbs.



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