Nutty Cream Cheese Ameretto Frosting Food

AMARETTO BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar and butter. Add 3 tablespoons cream and 2 tablespoons Amaretto; beat until smooth. Add remaining cream and Amaretto if needed to achieve spreading consistency.

MINI AMARETTO-COCOA BUNDT® CAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix flour, hot cocoa mix, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Beat white sugar and 1 cup butter together in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Mix in 1 cup sour cream, milk, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
• Beat flour mixture into sour cream mixture gradually, on low speed, until just blended. Spoon batter into 16 mini fluted tube pan molds (such as Bundt®), filling each 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely before frosting, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, 2 tablespoons sour cream, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add confectioners' sugar gradually; beat frosting until smooth. Frost the cooled cakes.

AMARETTO CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Line bottoms of 3 greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease paper., In a bowl, whisk flour and baking powder. In another bowl, whisk sour cream, milk and amaretto until blended. In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beating well after each addition., Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., In a large bowl, beat butter, vanilla and salt until creamy. Beat in enough confectioners' sugar, alternately with amaretto, to reach desired consistency. Reserve 2/3 cup frosting for piping., Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides with remaining frosting., Pipe reserved frosting around bottom edge of cake. If desired, decorate cake with flowers, using almonds for petals and M&M's for the centers. Pipe designs on frosting with melted chocolate as desired.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat the softened butter to a soft and even consistency. Add the orange juice, if using, then the icing sugar. Cream until you have a smooth, soft buttercream consistency.
• Add the cream cheese and work it in - don't beat it in, just slowly mix with a wooden spoon. Depending on how soft the mixture is, you may want to put it in the fridge for 10 mins at this point. If it's runny, it will firm up again. It should be spreadable and not run off the cake.

ITALIAN CREAM CAKE WITH NUTTY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Set oven at 350°F.
• Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Add vanilla, beat until blended.
• Combine flour and soda; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed until blended after each addition.
• Stir in coconut.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, fold into batter.
• Pour batter into three greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool on wire racks.
• FROSTING:.
• Place pecans in a shallow pan; bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes or until roasted, stirring occasionally. Cool.
• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Add sugar, beating at low speed until blended.
• Beat at high speed until smooth; stir in pecans.
• Yield: about 4 cups.
• ASSMBLE:.
• Spread Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Garnish with pecans if desired.
• Yield: one (3-layer) cake.