The truth is that the amount of alcohol that remains in your pastries, cakes, pies and other desserts after cooking ranges from 5 to 85 percent, depending on the amount and type of alcohol used and the cooking time and process.

Can cake make you drunk?

YouTube/New Scientist If you’ve ever been told that cooking “burns off” any alcohol in the food you’re eating, be forewarned: That’s entirely untrue. As it turns out, many popular foods cooked with wine or liquor still contain alcohol. … But how much, you ask?

Can you get drunk from whiskey cake?

Will this cake get me intoxicated? No. Each cake has no more than . 5% alcohol by volume, therefore, it is considered non-alcoholic.