Yield: 10 Servings
CAKE
5 tb Grated orange rind
1/2 c Vodka
1 c Butter, softened
2 c Sugar
4 Eggs, beaten
1 ts Vanilla
3 c Flour, sifted
3 1/4 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1/4 ts Allspice
1 1/2 c Carrots, raw, grated
1/2 c Pecans, chopped
GLAZE
2 c Powdered sugar
2 ts Orange juice
1/2 ts Orange extract
4 ts Vodka
2 tb Light corn syrup
Stir grated orange rind into vodka and set aside. Cream butter, gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in beaten eggs and add vanilla. Sift the dry ingredients together, then blend into the batter, alternately with orange-vodka mix. Add carrots and chopped pecans. Bake in buttered, floured 10" tube or Bundt pan in preheated 350~F oven until cake tests done,
about 1 hour. Cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes, turn out, finish
ing on rack. Make glaze by combining powdered sugar, orange juice, vodka, orange extract and light corn syrup and beating until smooth. Spoon glaze over top of
ed cake, then spread evenly with knife. If desired, sprinkle with more
chopped nuts.
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Tina, I just loooove carrot cake but have never tried it with the vodka in it. Just might have to do that this year. Ever see a hung over Mrs. Claus?? I don't even drink that often, maybe once a year so guess this will be the perfect time to try the cake. 
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