Kato's Grand Marnier Dessert

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs, well beaten
• 6 ounces unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup golden brown sugar or 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup coconut, flaked
• 1/4 cup almonds, toasted,chopped (may substitute pecans)
• 1/4 cup golden raisin, large
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind (may substitute lemon rind)
• 2 1/2 ounces cream of grand marnier
• 8 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 may substitute with other orange liquer, orange juice or soda pop.
• 2 but the best flavour comes from the liquers.
• 3 preheat oven to 350 degrees sift flour, baking powder and salt.
• 4 combine eggs, butter, brown sugar, coconut, almonds, raisins, lemon extract, rind and liquer, blend well.
• 5 mix the moist and dry ingredients together for 4 minutes on medium speed.
• 6 slowly add milk to mixture as needed to make a moist cake batter.
• 7 set aside for 10 minutes.
• 8 butter and flour your cake pan.
• 9 (bake the cake batter in just one pan.) mix the cake batter again for 3 minutes.
• 10 pour into your prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45- 50 minutes.
• 11 serve with vanilla bean or custard ice cream--.