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Amaretto Cake

Source of Recipe

www.ichef.com


List of Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, separated
2 cups flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1/3 cup amaretto



Recipe

Cream butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg yolks one at a time. Fold in beaten egg whites. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, and add to batter a little at a time, alternating with sour cream. Stir until smooth. Mix in grated orange peel and walnuts and pour into buttered 9" tube pan. Bake 50 minutes at 350ºF. Mix remaining sugar with orange juice and Amaretto and spoon over cake as soon as it comes out of oven. Cool before removing from pan.