Amaretto Pound Cake with Flambeed Pineapple

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Servings:
12

Pound cake that's been doused with amaretto creates an extra rich and moist dessert; pineapple slices flambeed in more amaretto make a luscious topping.

Ingredients

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for loaf pan

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

  • ½ cup almond flour

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 ¼ cups sugar

  • 3 large eggs

  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

  • ½ teaspoon pure almond extract

  • ½ cup milk

  • ½ cup amaretto (almond-flavored liqueur)

  • Flambeed Pineapple

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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