amaretto cake

cordova, TN
Updated on Dec 29, 2009
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 - eggs, separated
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon orange peel, grated
  • 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/3 cup amaretto

How To Make amaretto cake

  • Step 1
    Cream butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg yolks one at a time.
  • Step 2
    Fold in beaten egg whites.
  • Step 3
    Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, and add to batter a little at a time, alternating with sour cream; stir until smooth.
  • Step 4
    Mix in grated orange peel and walnuts and pour into buttered 9\" tube pan; bake 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
  • Step 5
    Puncture around the top of the cake with a fork. Mix remaining sugar with orange juice and amaretto and spoon over cake as soon as it comes out of oven.
  • Step 6
    Cool before removing from pan.

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