Amaretto Cake

Title:
Amaretto Cake

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Liquor,
Cakes,
Cake
mixes




Ingredients:





 1 1/2 c  Toasted Almonds; chopped


     1 pk Yellow cake mix; no pudding


     1 pk Vanilla instant pudding


     4    Eggs


   1/2 c  Vegetable oil


   1/2 c  Water


   1/2 c  Amaretto


     1 ts Almond extract





-----------------------------------GLAZE-----------------------------------


   1/2 c  Sugar


   1/4 c  Water


     2 tb Butter


   1/4 c  Amaretto


   1/2 ts Almond extract





 Sprinkle 1 cup almonds into bottom of a well-greased       and floured 10"


 tube pan; set aside. Combine cake mix,     pudding mix, eggs, oil, water,


 amaretto, and almond        extract in a mixing bowl; beat on low speed of


 an


        electric mixer til dry ingredients are moistened.          Increase


 speed to medium, and beat 4 minutes. Stir in      remaining 1/2 cup


 almonds. Pour batter into prepared       tube pan. Bake at 325~ for 1 hour


 or til a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan


   10-15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely.       Combine sugar,


 water, and butter in a small saucepan;      bring to a boil. Reduce heat to


 medium and gently boil     4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sugar


 dissolves. Remove from heat, and cool 15 minutes. Stir


 in amaretto and almond extract. Punch holes in top of      cake with a


 wooden pick; slowly spoon glaze on top of cake, allowing glaze to absorb in


 cake.


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #263


 


 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 20:04:57 +0000


 


 From: Cheryl Gimenez