Lemon Amaretto Cake Recipes

LEMON AMARETTO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 3 (9-inch) round baking pans with nonstick baking spray with flour. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, and lemon zest at medium speed with a mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon juice. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition. Stir in sour cream. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks. Spread Amaretto-Almond Filling between layers. Spread Fluffy Meringue Frosting over top and sides of cake. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
• In a small bowl, combine gelatin and 3 tablespoons cold water; let stand for 2 minutes or until softened. In a small saucepan, bring ½ cup cream and liqueur to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer for 1 minute. Add gelatin mixture, whisking to dissolve. Remove from heat; let stand for 10 minutes. In a large bowl, beat remaining 1½ cups cream at medium speed with a mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. With mixer running, slowly add gelatin mixture, beating until combined. Beat in almonds. Cover and chill for 4 hours, or refrigerate for up to 3 days.
• In a large bowl, beat egg whites at high speed with a mixer until stiff peaks form. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, cook sugar and ¾ cup water over medium-high heat until mixture reaches 248° on a candy thermometer. With mixer running at high speed, slowly pour hot syrup into egg whites. Beat mixture for 10 minutes until glossy, thick, white, and fluffy. Use immediately.

LEMON-AMARETTO BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F.
• Spread almonds on a baking sheet and place in oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden. Remove and set aside.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of toasted almonds evenly over the bottom of the pan.
• In a bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and lemon zest until fluffy.
• Add flour, stir just until blended. Add lemon juice and extracts. Stir.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
• With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the remaining almonds.
• Scrape the batter into the bundt pan and bake until cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. (After 30 minutes, cover top of cake tightly with foil.). (SEE NOTE in description.).
• While cake is cooking, prepare syrup: In a saucepan, slowly heat the sugar, amaretto and lemon juice, stirring until the sugar melts. Reserve until ready for use.
• When the cake is done, remove from oven; with a cake tester, poke holes all over the bottom of the cake (which is now on top). Carefully drizzle half the syrup into the holes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Gently invert the cake onto another rack and remove from pan. Brush top and sides of cake with remaining syrup. Let cake cool completely.

LEMON-AMARETTO CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread almonds on a baking sheet and place in oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until just golden. Remove and set aside. 2. Lightly grease and flour a 10-inch nonstick Bundt pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of toasted almonds evenly over the bottom of pan. 3. Using an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and lemon zest together until pale yellow and fluffy. Add flour; stir just enough to blend. 4. Add lemon juice and extracts. Stir. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring after each addition. 5. Gently fold in the remaining toasted almonds. Scrape the batter into prepared pan and bake until cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. (After 30 minutes of baking, cover top of cake pan tightly with aluminum foil). 7. While cake is baking, prepare syrup. In a saucepan, slowly heat the sugar, amaretto and lemon juice, stirring, until boiling. Reserve until ready to use. 8. When cake is done, remove from oven; with a cake tester, poke holes all over the bottom of the cake (which is now on top). Carefully pour or brush on half of the syrup until it is absorbed into the holes. Cool cake in the pan on a cake rack for 10 minutes. 9. Gently invert the cake onto another rack and remove from pan. With cake tester, poke holes in the top and sides of cake; brush with remaining syrup. Let cake cool completely; tastes better after a day or so of soaking up the syrup.