Cheers to St. Paddy, the latest recipe from the Charles Phoenix Test Kitchen, and you!
IRISH WHISKEY LUCKY CHARMS CAKE
2 boxes white cake mix
12 eggs Vegetable oil according to instructions +1/4 cup
750 ml bottle of Irish Whiskey
1 box ‘O Lucky Charms 4 canisters of fluffy white frosting
Food coloring
Mix cake according to directions but substituting Irish whiskey for water, adding the additional 6 egg whites and ¼ cup vegetable oil.
Separate charms from the cereal and set aside. Add the whiskey to cereal and let soak for at least 1 hour. After the cereal is well soaked with the alcohol, mix whiskey and cereal together with electric mixer until it turns into a crumbly pasty mess. Add to cake batter. Divide batter in five parts add plenty of bright food coloring to create a rainbow effect of the five layers.
Bake cake according to box instructions. Cool, stack and frost with frosting tinted with PLENTY of green food coloring. Cover frosting with all the Lucky Charms. Top with six-dozen gold foil covered chocolate coins each stuck with a colored toothpick. Serve with plenty ‘O St. Patrick’s Day pride !!!