Scottish Honey And Whiskey Cake With Butter Icing

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 ounces self-raising flour
• 6 ounces butter
• 6 ounces brown sugar (light)
• 3 eggs (beaten)
• 4 tablespoons whiskey
• 1/4 cup orange zest
• 6 ounces confectioners' sugar
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 tablespoons clear honey
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 cup toasted sliced almonds (decoration)

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sugar together, add the orange rind and beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• 2 whisk until the mixture is pale and fluffy. sift in half the self-raising flour and pour in the whiskey.
• 3 fold in to the mixture and sift in the remaining flour and again fold in gently.
• 4 grease two seven inch sandwich tins and divide the mixture between the two, smoothing the tops.
• 5 bake for 20-25 minutes in an oven at 375°f/190°c (gas mark 5) until the cake is a light golden color.
• 6 turn onto a wire rack to allow it to cool.
• 7 butter icing:.
• 8 put the butter, honey and orange juice in a mixing bowl.
• 9 slowly sift in the sugar and work the mixture until well combined.
• 10 to prepare the cake, use half the butter cream as a sandwich between the two halves of the cake and spread the rest smoothly on the top. add the toasted almonds as decoration.