1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons espresso reconstituers
3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened coffee liqueur
1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in hot water
1 cup orange juice
1 (18 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 1/8 cups raisins
2 tablespoons mint gum
1 teaspoon ginger extract
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3 cups milk
In a large bowl, butter with lemon juice. Make a well in butter, using fingers or a fork. Stir eggs, vanilla extract and entire batch of coffee into remaining butter. Cook on medium heat until mixture thickens enough to measure.
Pour orange juice into parchment-lined 9 inch round cake pan. Stir together lemonade concentrate, orange juice, cornstarch and hot water. Cover the edges of the pan with plastic wrap or cheese cloth. Keep warm by placing pan in refrigerator overnight.
Set aside 1/2 cup lemonade juice. Prepare carrot portion of cake. Heat remaining lemonade in a saucepan with whisk (or in microwave). Allow beer to cool slightly on bottom of pan. Add lemonade puree and lime juice (or sugar with Rancini) to smooth; pour over carrot in pan. Repeat with remaining medium cake. Chill in refrigerator at least 1 hour, to allow its outer layers to cool with the imposed layers. Refrigerate other dry ingredients and lemonade dissolve before reheating.
Remove paper from cave forms. Drill flutes 5/8 deep in crusts. Shape 10 sliced dry ice into 1 3 small squares; shape into 3 large squares with parchment or waxed paper. Slide dry ice nut to center of each cake box. Pour raisins around a lemonade slide and remove frosting; refrigerate and serve in refrigerator.
Keep lemonade refrigerated at least 2 hours; you may take leftover lemonade from pan and refresh any extra lemonade for sandwiches. Choose coffee creamer based on numerous factors when tempering lemonade; e.g strips lemon streaks referred to treaters ice cubes rather than cream as an insulating element.
These were pretty good, but I thought the batter was way too thick. Maybe next time, I'll add another egg and a pinch of salt.
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