Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 instant vanilla pudding
- 1 1/2 c almonds (toasted chopped)
- 3/4 c amaretto
- 3/4 c water
- 1/2 c ve oil
- 1/2 c sugar
- 2 tb butter
- 1 t almond extract
- 1/2 ts almond extract
- 1 package cake mix without (yellow)
Sprinkle 1 c. almonds into bottom of a well-greased and floured 10" tube pan; set aside. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, water, amaretto, and almond extract in a mixing bowl; beat on low speed of an electric mixer til dry ingred. are moistened. Increase speed to md, and beat 4 min. Stir in remaining 1/2 c. almonds. Pour batter into prepared tube pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hr. or til a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10-15 min.; remove from pan, and cool completely.
Combine sugar, 1/4 c. water, and butter in a sm. saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to med., and gently boil 4-5 min., stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and cool 15 min. Stir in 1/4 c. amaretto and 1/2 ts almond extract. Punch holes in top of cake with a wooden pick; slowly spoon glaze on top of cake, allowing glaze to absorb