Easy Amaretto Cake

1 hours Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 1 hours

1118 calories per serving view nutrition facts

1 cake suggest servings

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Ingredients

1 1/2	cups	almonds	toasted, chopped
1	package	cake mix, yellow
1/2	cup	vegetable oil
1/2	cup	water
1/2	cup	amaretto liquer
1	teaspoon	almond extract
1/2	cup	sugar
1/4	cup	water
2	tablespoons	butter
1/4	cup	amaretto liquer
1/2	teaspoon	almond extract	divided
1	package	instant pudding mix, vanilla
4	large	eggs

Directions

Sprinkle 1 cup almonds into bottom of a well-greased and floured 10 inch 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 min.

Stir in remaining 1/2 cup almonds. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.

Bake at 325 degrees F. for 1 hr. or til a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool cake in pan 10-15 min.

Remove from pan, and cool completely.

Combine sugar, 1/4 cup water, and butter in a small saucepan, bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to medium and gently boil 4-5 min., stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves.

Remove from heat, and cool 15 min. Stir in 1/4 cup amaretto and 1/2 ts 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.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 309g

Amount per Serving

Calories 1118 43% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 53.0g	82%
Saturated Fat 11.0g	55%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 229mg	76%
Sodium 1329mg	55%
Total Carbohydrate 151.0g	50%
Dietary Fiber 1.0g	6%
Sugars 105.0g
Protein 12.0g	24%