Harvest Celebration Cake

Set oven at 325 degrees

Cake:
1 cup chopped toasted pecans or walnuts
1 18.5 ounce yellow cake mix
1 3.75 ounce instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup cold milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup whiskey

Grease and flour bundt or tube pan. (This recipe can be made in a plain tube pan, but baking in a bundt pan gives it a lovely shape.) Sprinkle nuts in the bottom of the pan. Combine remaining ingredients and beat 2 minutes on high. Pour into pan and bake 1 hour. Cool in the pan and invert onto plate.

Glaze:
1 Stick butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup whiskey (optional)

Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar and boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in whiskey. Prick several holes in top of cake with a toothpick. Use a brush or spoon to drizzle glaze over the cake.