How to Bake Amaretto Pound Cake

Yields: one 9’’ loaf

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 55 mins

Ingredients needed to make Amaretto Pound Cake:

For the cake:

• 2 cups all purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup store-brought amaretto
• ½ tsp fine salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the glaze:

• 2 tbsp + 1 tsp amaretto
• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Cooking instructions for Amaretto Pound Cake:

• To make the cake, warm up your oven to 325 degrees F with a rack placed in this middle.
• Grease a 9’’x5’’x3’’ loaf pan with a small knob of butter and spread a sheet of parchment paper across its base.
• Sprinkle some flour into the pan to coat its sides as well as lined base and tap out the excess.
• Place the flour in a medium bowl and stir in the baking powder as well as a dash of salt until well combined, while breaking down the lumps if any.
• Place the butter in a bowl and whisk it with a stand mixer, equipped with a paddle attachment, at moderate speed for a minute or until it fluffs up.
• Sprinkle the sugar into it and continue to whisk until fully incorporated.
• Crack the eggs into it, one after another and beating them into the mixture each time until thoroughly blended.
• Reduce the speed to low and fold in half of the dry mixture until just mixed.
• Pour in the amaretto, followed by a splash of vanilla extract, and beat them further until just mixed.
• Fold in rest of the dry mixture and beat them into a smooth, uniform batter; avoid over-mixing.
• Bake the cake in the hot oven for 55 minutes or until it puffs up, the surface turns golden brown and the cake is baked through.
• Set aside on a wire rack for 10 minutes to cool slightly and remove from the pan before cooling it completely for another half an hour.
• Meanwhile, to make the glaze, whisk the sugar into the amaretto, until they blend into a smooth mixture and pour it onto the cake.
• Sprinkle the toasted almonds on top and keep aside until the glaze is set.
• Slice and serve.

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