Yesterday was my sweet friend Rosie's birthday. We met down at our favorite wateringhole for some thirst quenching beverages. I wanted to make it a little more special so I baked her a cake. As usual, my cooking/baking conquests start by seeing what I already have in my over stocked pantry. I love to use up my stash because I really can't stand throwing things out that have overstayed their welcome. So, with a bottle of Muscat Canneli (a wine I would not drink on it's own) a yummy bundt cake was born.
Wine I Won't Drink Cake
1 box Yellow Cake Mix
4 eggs
3/4 cup of oil
1 small box of orange jello
1 cup of 'wine you won't drink'
6 oz frozen limeade concentrate
1/2 cup sugar
Mix together cake mix, eggs and oil. In a small saucepan, mix together 3/4 cup of wine with box of jello, heat and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat and cool. Once cool, beat into cake mixture for about 3 minutes.
Pour this into a well greased bundt pan and cook at 325 for about one hour or until toothpick comes out fairly clean.
While you wait for the cake to bake, combine the remaining 1/4 cup of wine with the limeade concentrate and sugar, stir until blended.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, poke it all over with a skewer. Spoon some glaze over it, let it soak in. Do this until all the glaze is absorbed into the cake.
Let cake cool and invert on to serving dish. Dust with powdered sugar.
Enjoy!
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Hi gorgeous,
ReplyDeleteLoved this! Especially because it's very "you" -- warm, yummy, and fun. Will look forward to enjoying this often -- keep at this, Sandy, because you already have one loyal reader!
XO D.
Ditto what Dalia said. :) Jack says she's always "first and the most eloquent".
ReplyDeleteAnd, he says that cake sounds disgusting, kind of like banana-rum stuffing. And wine is not an ingredient you put in cake. The sooner you know that the better.
I would eat it, though!
xo, M
So very proud of you! I'll send you links to some of my favorite food blogs later today. I have a feeling reading your blog will make me a tad sad. I'd rather be there with you, glass of wine in hand, nibbly bits aplenty and embarrassing drunken moment looming on the horizon.
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