Bourbon Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup bourbon 
• 2 tsp calumet baking powder 
• 40 servings cinnamon roll icing 
• 6  eggs 
• 3.5 cups flour divided
• 2 cups granulated sugar 
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg 
• 1 cup butter softened (2 sticks)
• 2 cups planters pecans chopped
• 2 cups raisins seedless
• 2.5 cups vanilla wafers coarsely chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• hand mixer
• toothpicks
• wax paper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Combine chopped wafers, 1 cup of the flour, the raisins and pecans; set aside.
3. Beat margarine and granulated sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Add remaining 2-1/2 cups flour, the baking powder and nutmeg; mix well. Blend in bourbon. Gently stir in reserved wafer mixture.
6. Spread into greased wax paper-lined 10-inch tube pan.
7. Bake 1 hour 15 min. or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 20 min.
8. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
9. Drizzle with Powdered Sugar Glaze.