Servings: 1 Servings
Category: 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
Directions
———————————–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