Almond-Orange Holiday Cakes Recipe
Source: Cooking.com
Serves 8
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 8.5-ounce package almond paste, broken into pieces
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Powdered sugar
RECIPE METHOD
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter 4 holiday cake pans. Dust pans with
flour; tap out excess. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large
bowl until light and creamy.. Add almond paste, 1 piece at a time, beating
until well blended after each addition. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in Grand
Marnier, orange peel, almond extract and salt. Mix flour and baking powder in
small bowl; add to batter. Beat just until blended. Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter
into each of prepared pans; smooth tops.
Place cakes on baking sheet. Bake cakes on sheet until tops are golden brown
and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in pans
on rack.
Transfer cakes to platter. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room
temperature. ) Dust with powdered sugar and serve.
Recipe created exclusively for Cooking.com by Rochelle Palermo, Food Editor at
Cooking.com.
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Rhonda G in Missouri
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