Easy Amaretto Cake

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 110 minutes Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 60 minutes
Calories Per Serving and Nutrition Information 1024 calories per serving view nutrition facts
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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 small 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 minutes.

Stir in remaining 1/2 cup almonds.

Pour batter into prepared tube pan.

Bake at 325 drgrees F for 1 hour 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 minutes. stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves.

Remove from heat, and cool 15 minutes.

Stir in 1/4 cup amaretto and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.

Punch holes in top of cake with a wooden pick; slowly spoon glaze on top of cake, allowing glaze to absorb.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 285g
Amount per Serving
Calories 1024 47% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 53.0g82%
 Saturated Fat 11.0g55%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 229mg76%
Sodium 973mg41%
Total Carbohydrate 128.0g43%
 Dietary Fiber 1.0g6%
 Sugars 82.0g
Protein 12.0g24%
Vitamin A 8%  Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 21%  Iron 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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Okay...There is a typo in this recipe but once you get past it this a wonderful easy moist delicious cake.The recipe states to reserve 1 cup of flour/butter/cinnamon mixture for top-Well if you follow that it is not sweet.....It has to be a mistake.So add sugar to flour mix before reserving.I did not have milk so I used buttermilk,second I added choc mini-morsels.Very good,Very!!

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