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The cake itself plays second fiddle to this divinely decadent Scotch whisky sauce. Unless you prefer to bake the cake, a good store-bought cake will suffice. My preference is plain yellow cake, but it works equally well with chocolate or angel’s food cakes.

The secret to success is to limit the cake height to no more than 3 inches. I use Carlyle Blended Scotch because of its intense raisiny-prune finish, but any sweeter Scotch (preferably with a sherry finish) will do. This recipe yields a two-part sauce, first for the base, then for the top.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups Carlyle Blended Scotch whisky
  • 2 cups packed dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 2 sticks (¼ lb. ea.) of salted butter
  • ½ cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • Cake
  • Large cake pan (at least ½″ larger than cake’s perimeter
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