Screwdriver Carrot Cake

Ingredients

30 gr orange rind
16 gr baking powder
110 gr vodka
1 gr salt
230 gr butter
3 gr cinnamon
400 gr sugar
1 gr nutmeg
4 eggs
1 gr allspice
4 gr vanilla
190 gr carrots
375 gr flour
65 gr pecans

Instructions

-----------------------------------GLAZE----------------------------------2 c Powdered sugar 4 ts Vodka 2 ts Orange juice 2 tb Light corn syrup half ts Orange extract 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 25 cm tube or Bundt pan in preheated 180ÂșC F oven until cake tests done, about 1 hour. Cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes, turn out, finish cooling 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 cooled cake, then spread evenly with knife. If desired, sprinkle with more chopped nuts. ----