Grilled Butter Amaretto Pound Cake Food

AMARETTO POUND CAKE WITH FLAMBEED PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 5-by-10-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan, and line with parchment paper. Butter lining; dust with all-purpose flour, tapping out excess.
• Whisk together both flours, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium speed until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time; mix until smooth. Mix in extracts. With mixer on low speed, mix in reserved flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions of milk; mix until smooth.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Transfer cake in pan to a wire rack. Poke holes all over top of cake with a wooden skewer. Pour liqueur on top; let cool completely.
• Invert cake to unmold; peel off parchment, and reinvert. Just before serving, cut cake into 3/4-inch slices, and top with flambeed pineapple and sauce.

AMARETTO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a tube pan by coating with non-stick cooking spray and flour (I use Baker's Joy).
• FOR CAKE:.
• Place all ingredients, except eggs into your mixing bowl.
• Blend well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition and beat until mixture is smooth.
• Pout into prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• GLAZE:.
• During the last few minutes the cake is baking, prepare the glaze by placing all glaze ingredients in a small saucepan and mixing well.
• Bring the mixture to a boil and boil for 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
• When cake is ready and removed from the oven, poke holes into the top of the cake with an ice pice or similar object WHILE THE CAKE IS STILL IN THE BAKING PAN.
• Pour the glaze over the cake and let it stand for 20 minutes.
• Invert the cake onto a serving platter and sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

CHOCOLATE AMARETTO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven.
• Preheat the oven to 325°F
• Grease a 10-inch bundt pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter.
• Gradually add the sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add the Amaretto, beat to blend.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder.
• Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, mixing until evenly blended.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the pan to a rack to cool completely.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar.
• Great with real whipped cream.