Amaretto Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipes

AMARETTO CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Line bottoms of 3 greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease paper., In a bowl, whisk flour and baking powder. In another bowl, whisk sour cream, milk and amaretto until blended. In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beating well after each addition., Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., In a large bowl, beat butter, vanilla and salt until creamy. Beat in enough confectioners' sugar, alternately with amaretto, to reach desired consistency. Reserve 2/3 cup frosting for piping., Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides with remaining frosting., Pipe reserved frosting around bottom edge of cake. If desired, decorate cake with flowers, using almonds for petals and M&M's for the centers. Pipe designs on frosting with melted chocolate as desired.

SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and vanilla. Beat on low just until blended. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. , Bake at 325° for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired.

CINNAMON AND AMARETTO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a small bowl.
• Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Mix in sour cream, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Mix in half the flour mixture on low speed until just combined. Pour in amaretto and mix gently. Add in remaining flour mixture; blend until just combined. Batter will be somewhat thick; pour evenly into prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely, at least 40 minutes.
• To make glaze: Whisk powdered sugar, heavy cream, amaretto, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt together until smooth. Add more heavy cream if glaze is too thick. Pour glaze over cooled cake; top with sliced almonds and a sprinkling of cinnamon.

SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Coat a 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan with solid vegetable shortening and sugar or cake release spray.
• In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides. Mix to combine.
• Add eggs one at a time beating each one in before adding the next. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides. Mix to combine.
• Stir in sour cream.
• Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a small bowl then add to batter 1/2 cup at a time until combined.
• Stir in vanilla. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides. Combine again.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 325°f for 80 to 85 minutes. I always like to start testing at 75 minutes. Carefully insert a long wooden pick into the center of the cake. The cake is done when dry crumbs or no crumbs stick to the pick. (I recommend you Calibrate your Oven once a year so that the time showing is the actual temperature inside. The cooking time stated is for my oven and my pan both affect cooking time. Therefore, I recommend you watch your cake closely the first time you bake this recipe. Make notes for when you make it again. As well as using the toothpick test to determine when a cake is done, you may want to get this cake thermometer. It is done when the cake reads 210°F
• When you remove the cake from the oven, run a thin knife around the edge. Then place the cake (in the pan) on a wire rack.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 to 25 minutes before inverting on a tray to cool completely.

AMARETTO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Coat a ten-inch tube pan with solid vegetable shortening then either flour or sugar. I use granulated sugar because it doesn't leave white areas on the cake. Alternately, you can use Wilton Cake Release.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together.
• Cream butter, shortening, and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix in Amaretto.
• Add milk and flour alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. (Start checking at 1 hour 20 minutes, your oven may be hotter than mine.)
• Cool in pan on wire rack 30 minutes before inverting on a platter.

AMARETTO ITALIAN SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Using 2 tablespoons shortening, generously grease a 10-inch tube pan.
• In small bowl, beat 2 egg whites, until foamy. Gradually add brown sugar and beat until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Fold in coconut and ground pecans. Spread meringue on bottom and sides of pan to within 1-inch of top of pan.
• In large bowl, blend cake mix, sour cream, amaretto, water, eggs and 2 yolks at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at highest speed. pour batter evenly into prepared pan. Bake 55-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool upright in pan for 10 minutes. Loosen sides and invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.
• GLAZE:.
• In a small bowl, blend powdered sugar, cocoa, amaretto, butter, corn syrup and water until smooth. Spoon over top of cake, allowing some to run down sides of cake. Sprinkle with ground pecans. Garnish with cherries.

ALMOND SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 °F.
• Butter and flour a tube pan and set aside. In the bowl of a mixer, cream 2 sticks butter and sugar together and then add sour cream. Sift flour and baking soda together. Add to creamed mixture, alternately with eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add 1/2 teaspoon of almond and orange extracts and stir to combine. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool cake in pan for about 10 minutes and then unmold and cool completely on a wire rack.
• Almond Buttercream Frosting:
• With an electric mixer, cream 1 1/2 sticks butter in a large mixing bowl. Slowly beat in the confectioner's sugar until smooth and creamy and sweetened to your liking (about 2 minutes). Add 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract and stir to blend. Frost cake when fully cooled. If you are not using the frosting immediately, store it, covered, in the refrigerator and then bring it to room temperature just prior to using.
• Yield: 3 cups
• Cook's Note: This is the basic recipe for a sour cream pound cake. This recipe would have to be modified to be made into a wedding cake.

AMARETTO SOUR CREAM CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease a 10" tube pan generously. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add brown sugar, beat until stiff peaks form, about 3 min. Fold in coconut and pecans. Spread meringue mixture on bottom and sides of prepared pan, to within 1" of top of pan. In a large bowl blend cake mix, sour cream, amaretto, water, eggs, and 2 egg yolkf at low speed on electric mixer until moistened, beat 2 min. at high speed. Pour batter evenly into meringue lined pan. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 35 to 65 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool uprights in pan 10 min., loosen sides and invert onto serving plate. Cool completely. In a small bowl, blend powdered sugar, cocoa, amaretto, butter, corn syrup, and water until smooth. Spoon over top of cake, some to ride down sides. Sprinkle with ground pecans; garnish with cherries.

AMARETTO SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and butter in mix master, cream until fully blended. Add 6 eggs on and at time and cream throughly, add 3 cups flour and blend. mix Allow cake to rest in pan for about 5 minutes 1/4 teaspoon baking soda into sour cream and add to mixture then add dash of salt and last pour in 1/2 cup amaretto. combine all ingredients in a sauce pan. Allow butter and sugar to melt. Once glaze in complete punch holes in the top of the cake with a dinner fork. Spoon glaze over cake Cake can be iced or served as is.