Oriana makes me smile. Rachel makes me giggle. Together they are just plain old fun.
Anyway, sometimes Oriana bakes. She makes the most amazing cupcakes. Rachel swears up and down that Oriana’s Kahlua cupcakes are the best. But then I tasted her “dirty girl scout” cupcakes. Oh my, amazing!
So continuing on Oriana’s theme of creating baking goods with a taste of Kahlua and her current fascination with using shots as inspiration and my belief that Rachel is half sprite, I present the Oriana Rachel – based on a White Leprechaun shot.
The Oriana Rachel
2 sticks butter, softened
1/2 cup Crisco
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups flour
1/3 cup plus 2 Tablespoons Kahlua
1/3 cup plus 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
2 Tablespoons Irish whiskey
Preheat oven to 325*. Grease and flour a bundt pan.
Cream together the butter, Crisco and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Beat thoroughly between each addition. Add vanilla. Sift together the salt, baking powder, cinnamon and flour. Add flour mixture to batter in thirds, alternating with liquids. Pour into bundt pan and bake for 65-75 minutes. Let cake cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto cake plate.