Pumpkin Amaretto Cake Recipes

AMARETTO-PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Mix crust ingredients. Press in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes or until set. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. On low speed, beat in eggs. Add remaining filling ingredients; blend well. Pour over crust.
• Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until edge is set 2 inches from edge of pan but center still jiggles slightly. Turn oven off; open door 4 inches. Leave in oven 30 minutes. Run small metal spatula around edge of pan to loosen. Cool on cooling rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 6 hours. Carefully remove side of pan. Beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and amaretto with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Spread over top of cheesecake. Top with almonds.

PUMPKIN CAKE WITH AMARETTO CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans. Set aside.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
• In another bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla.
• Slowly whisk flour mixture into egg mixture. Fold in pureed pumpkin.
• Evenly divide cake mixture between the two prepared cake pans.
• Bake for 25 - 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few crumbs on it.
• Cool cakes in pans completely before transferring to a cake plate. About 1 hour.
• While the cake is cooling make the frosting. Using a hand held mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in Amaretto. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until frosting becomes thick and spreadable.
• Once the cakes are cool, spread a layer of Amaretto cream cheese frosting on the top of one cake layer. Place the other cake layer on top. Use remaining frosting to frost the cake.

PUMPKIN AMARETTO TIRAMISU TRIFLE

Steps:

• Skip step if using Store bought pound cake. Heat oven 350 degree's. Grease angel food cake pan, or 2 cake pans. Mix all ingredients for cake in a bowl. Beat for 1-2 minutes. Pour in to prepared pan. Bake for 50-60 for angel pan. or until pick comes out clean when tested. Cake pans 30-40 minutes. Cool and cut in to cubes.
• Make Pumpkn filling. Beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy. In another bowl. Beat cream until soft peaks. Add in pumpkin, sugar, cream cheese and Cinnamon. You may add a little bit more sugar if preferred. I prefer mine not too sweet. Beat until well mixed and smooth and fluffy.
• Make whipped cream. Beat softened cream cheese until smooth. In another bowl. Beat whipping cream until soft peaks. Add in Amaretto and cream cheese, and powdered sugar. Beat until stiff peaks.
• Place 1/4 of cubed cake in A large dessert bowl. Drizzle with 1/8 cup of Amaretto over cake. top with 1/4 more of cake. Drizzle another 1/8 cup of Amaretto over cake. Place half of pumpkin mixture over cake and smooth out with knife. Place half of whip cream over pumpkin mixture. Repeat layer. Top With remaining whip cream, almonds, and coconut if desired.

AMARETTO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, instant vanilla pudding, water, oil, almond extract, and 2 tablespoons of the amaretto; blend together well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Remove cake from oven and while it is still warm, poke holes in the surface. Drizzle with the Amaretto Glaze, insuring that some of the glaze fills the holes. Let the cake cool for at least 2 hours before removing from the pan.
• To make Amaretto Glaze: Sift the confectioners' sugar, and combine it with the remaining 1/2 cup amaretto. Blend until smooth. You may add more amaretto as needed.

PUMPKIN AMARETTO CAKE

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 325° F. Grease 12-cup bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts over bottom.
• COMBINE flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter,brown sugar and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Add pumpkin and vanilla extract; beat well. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, 1/3 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• BAKE for 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Make holes in cake with long pick; pour half of Glaze over cake. Let stand 5 minutes and invert onto plate. Make holes in top of cake; pour remaining Glaze over cake. Cool. Garnish as desired.
• RUM BUTTER GLAZE: MELT butter in small saucepan; stir in granulated sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in rum.

PUMPKIN-AMARETTO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In a 10-inch greased springform pan, mix cookie crumbs, almonds, and melted butter.
• Using your clean fingers, press the mixture evenly onto the bottom and sides of the pan. Or better yet use a metal 1 cup measuring cup and press the crumbs evenly among the bottom and part way up the sides.
• Refrigerate till ready to fill.
• In a large bowl using electric mixer (or place directly in a food processor) whip cream cheese until smooth.
• Add in brown sugar blending until thoroughly mixed.
• Add pumpkin and add the 2 eggs one at a time, then the yolks, blending after each addition until smooth.
• Add cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, Amaretto and sour cream, pulse to blend.
• In a clean bowl beat egg whites and cream of tartar at high speed till soft peaks form.
• Fold the egg whites into the cheese mixture.
• Pour mixture into prepared crust.
• Set springform on a cookie sheet.A must.
• Bake 1 - 1 1/2 hours, till center is almost set and jiggles slightly.
• Turn off oven let cake stay in oven with oven door propped open about 8 inches.
• Till bottom and sides are completely cooled.
• Remove from oven, chill uncovered overnight in the refrigerator.
• Remove sides of pan.
• Beat cream, almond extract and sugar at high speed until soft peeks form.
• Then spread on chilled cake just before serving and sprinkle nutmeg on top.

SIMPLE AMARETTO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease and flour one 9" or 10" bundt pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, instant vanilla pudding, water, oil, almond extract, and 6 tsp.
• of the amaretto, and blend together well.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350F for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven and while it is still warm, poke holes in the bottom and pour the amaretto icing into the holes and over the bottom of the cake.
• Let the cake cool for at least 2 hours before removing from the pan.
• To make Amaretto Icing: Sift the confectioner's sugar and combine it with the remaining 1/2 cup amaretto.
• Blend until smooth.
• You can add more amaretto as needed.
• Makes 1- 9 or 10 inch bundt cake.