Blarney Cake

No, it's not Food Friday, but I thought I'd share a recipe with you in honor of we, (wee?), Irish folks.

1 pkg yellow cake mix

1 pkg instant chocolate pudding mix

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1/8 c. water

1/4 C. vodka

3/8 C. Bailey's Irish Cream

4 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Grease and flour a 10" Bundt pan.  Combine cake, pudding mix, water, vodka, and Bailey's in a mixing bowl.  Beat all ingredients until smooth.  Pour into prepared bundt pan.  Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until cake tests done.  Remove from pan onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Glaze with the following:

Mix sifted confectioner's sugar with a little Bailey's Irish Cream until you achieve the right glaze consistency.  You can tint this with a few drops of green food coloring if you wanna get festive.  Gently transfer to serving plate.  Decorate with shamrocks by cutting green maraschino cherries in half and in slivers.  Use the halves to create leaves and the slivers for stems.