IRISH WHISKEY GLAZE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease and flour a standard tube pan.
• Cook sweet potato in boiling water until tender; or, for richer flavor, bake in the oven. Cool, peel and mash until you have 1 cup puree.
• Cream butter together with sugars in a large mixing bowl. Mix in sweet potato puree. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and add alternately with milk. Pour into pan and bake 60 to 70 minutes.
• While cake is baking, make Irish Whiskey Glaze:.
• Combine whiskey, sugar and butter in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil to dissolve sugar.
• When cake tests done remove to a rack. Pour a portion of glaze over hot cake in pan. Let soak in a little before adding all the glaze. Cool completely in pan and gently remove to a plate.

Steps:

• Peel carrots and slice into 1/2 inch circles.
• peel ginger and cut into matchstick sized strips.
• Combine sugar, pepper, and salt.
• heat the oil and half of the butter in a large skillet.
• add the carrots and sprinkle with sugar mixture.
• cook 3 minutes.
• turn slices with tongs.
• when browned on both sides and starting to blacken at the edges transfer carrots to a plate.
• clean skillet with a paper towel.
• and ginger and cook 2 minutes.
• add to the carrots.
• add remaining butter, whiskey and stock bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes until syrupy.
• return carrots and ginger to skillet and mix well with syrup.