Drizzle an almond-flavored pound cake with homemade amaretto glaze for a delightfully decadent dessert.
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups butter, softened
1 (3-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons almond liqueur
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
6 large eggs
1/3 cup sliced almonds
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat oven to 325°. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add liqueur and vanilla, beating just until blended. Gradually add flour to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition.
Step 2
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Sprinkle almonds over bottom of a greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan; pour batter into pan.
Step 3
Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 5 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Step 4
During the last 10 minutes of baking, prepare Amaretto Glaze. Remove cake from oven, and gradually spoon hot Amaretto Glaze over cake in pan. (Continue to spoon glaze over cake until all of glaze is used, allowing it to soak into the cake after each addition.) Cool completely in pan on a wire rack (about 1 hour and 30 minutes).
Amaretto Glaze
Ingredients
3/4 cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup almond liqueur
2 tablespoons water
How to Make It
Bring sugar, butter, almond liqueur, and water to a boil in a small 1-qt. saucepan over medium heat, stirring often; reduce heat to medium-low, and boil, stirring constantly 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and use immediately.
