Robin's Amaretto Cake

 

My friend, Robin, brought in this delicious 

pound cake for us to share at work.  

She's an awesome cook!  

Warning though--you may need a little nap after enjoying a piece!

Robin's Amaretto Pound Cake

1 cup chopped pecans, toasted

1 box butter cake mix

1/2 cup cake flour

1/2 cup Amaretto

4 eggs

2/3 cup butter, room temperature

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  

Grease and flour 10 inch bundt pan.  

Toast the pecans in a frying pan with about 1 TBSP butter.  

When done, sprinkle the nuts in the bottom of the bundt pan.  Combine cake mix, flour, Amaretto, eggs and butter.  

Mix until well combined.  

Pour the batter in the pan over the nuts.  

Bake 50-60 minutes or until cake tester tests clean.  

Glaze:

While the cake is cooking, I placed these ingredients

 in a pan on very low on the top of the stove.  

1/4 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup Amaretto

Spoon over the cake per the directions.

While in pan, use long pick to poke holes in cake 

and spoon 1/2 the glaze over the cake.  

Let sit in pan about 10 minutes to soak in.  

Turn out onto plate and carefully poke holes in the top.  

Spoon other 1/2 of glaze over the top. 

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The delicious ingredients...

Toast those yummy pecans!

Add them to the bundt pan...

Combine all the other ingredients in your mixing bowl...

Add it to your bundt pan...

While it cooks...make the glaze...

I just let it melt over low heat and stir occasionally...

When the cake is done...poke some holes all around...

You'll want to add or spoon 1/2 the glaze over the cake while its in the pan....

Turn it out onto your plate...poke some holes on the top and add the last 1/2 of the glaze...

Enjoy!