Amaretto Pound Cake Recipe with Amaretto Butter Glaze

Amaretto Pound Cake with a hot Amaretto Butter Glaze is the perfect dessert for every occasion! Classic pound cake gets an Italian spin with a hint of Amaretto Liqueur!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ REVIEW: This cake is so delicious. It’s very hard not to have another slice when you get up in the morning. 🤭 I saved a little of the glaze and poured it over the top after removing the cake from the pan.

Amaretto Pound Cake is a rich and dense cake made from just a few ingredients. You’ll love the rich texture and hot butter glaze of this classic amaretto cake. 

If you love Italian desserts, try this classic Ciambella, Olive Oil Bundt Cake recipe, or these Italian Pistachio Cookies! For more pound cake recipes, try this Sour Cream Pound Cake, Mascarpone Pound Cake, Italian Hangover Cake, or this Cannoli Pound Cake recipe. 

You’ll Love Amaretto Pound Cake

Traditional pound cake gets it name from how it is made: a pound each of butter, sugar, flour, and eggs. Pound cake tastes moist, rich, and slightly dense, and is staple in any baker’s kitchen.

Amaretto Pound Cake is similar to the traditional, but with a hint of amaretto flavor and a hot amaretto butter glaze. Letting the hot glaze soak into the bundt cake, adds a delicious layer of flavor with a slightly sticky texture.

Amaretto Pound Cake is the perfect recipe to have on hand for the holidays, birthdays, coffee dates, or brunches. This cake is both decadent and dense, tasting almost like a condensed yellow cake, but with a hint of almond flavor.

Amaretto bundt cake is a great treat for almond lovers. Amaretto is an almond liqueur that cooks off in the cake leaving the most amazing almond flavor. 

So, if you love almond desserts, be sure to give this Amaretto Pound Cake a try! This is sure to be your new favorite pound cake recipe!

Ingredients

Butter: use room temperature unsalted butter or salted butter. 

Sour cream: full fat sour cream adds a rich flavor. You could substitute cream cheese instead. 

Sugar: regular granulated sugar works best. 

Amaretto: the classic almond-flavored liqueur adds flavor to the base of the cake as well as the glaze. 

Vanilla: vanilla extract is a great addition to the Amaretto pound cake. For more almond flavor, add a teaspoon of almond extract. 

Flour: use regular all purpose flour. 

Eggs: the eggs act as a leavening agent for the cake. You’ll need six large room temperature eggs total. 

How to Make Amaretto Pound Cake

Amaretto pound cake comes together quickly and is made in one bowl. The key is start with room temperature butter and a very large mixing bowl.

Firstly, preheat oven to 325 degrees. You want this cake to cook low and slow, otherwise you risk the edges being done before the middle. Next, grease a standard size bundt cake pan with butter and flour, or nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

Step 1: prepare the batter

In a large bowl or stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, use an electric mixer to cream butter, sour cream, and sugar and together until light and fluffy; about two minutes. 

Then, add in the Amaretto and vanilla (and almond extract, if using) and mix until combined. Add in the flour mixture and mix until thickened. 

Lastly, beat in the large eggs, one at time on low speed, until the cake batter is fully combined. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl. 

You’ll notice that there is no leavening agent (i.e. baking soda or baking powder) in this recipe. Rest assured that this is not a typo as pound cake does not need these to rise. 

Step 2: bake 

Pour batter into the prepared bundt cake pan and bake in preheated oven for 65-75 minutes, or until the cake edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan. You can also test the cake doneness using a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake.

Amaretto Butter Glaze

During the last 5-10 minutes of baking, make the glaze for the cake. Note that this glaze is not going to be poured over the top of the cake, but rather allowed to seep in through holes poked into the bottom of the cake.

Step 3: make the glaze

To start, add butter, sugar, amaretto, and water to a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk mixture while bringing to a low simmer. Reduce heat and continue whisking mixture for about 3 minutes. Turn off heat.

Step 4: poke holes in cake and add glaze

Once the Amaretto pound cake is done, remove from oven. While the cake is in the pan, use a fork or skewer to poke holes all over the cake. Use a butter knife to pull the sides of the cake away from the pan, including the center.

Carefully pour glaze over the cake. Let the cake cool and allow the glaze to seep into the cake entirely, before removing cake pan. To do so, simply loosen the cake edges, place a plate over top of the cake, and carefully flip the pound cake over on to the plate.

To serve, dust the top of the cake with powdered sugar. For a more decadent serving option, top with a dollop or fresh whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

For a prettier presentation, you could also whip up a quick glaze for the top of the cake using powdered sugar, amaretto, and milk. Just stir together and drizzle over the Amaretto Pound Cake. Top with sliced almonds if desired.

Tips on the Perfect Bundt Cake Pan

When it comes to Bundt Cake pans, there are so many different styles to choose from. What all of these cake pans have in common is that they are circular in shape with a hole in the middle – similar to a giant donut.

The standard 12-cup bundt pan is a fluted cake pan with waves or ridges around the side. I have my used my simple Cuisinart Classic Non-Stick Bundt Cake pan for the past 10 years, and it’s still great! It is durable, non-stick, and light in color, which helps yield a more even cooking time and is perfect for this Amaretto Pound Cake recipe.

One of my favorite Bundt Cake pans is the Nordic Ware Jubilee Bundt Cake Pan. This pan creates a gorgeous diamond-patterned shape, that’s perfect for holding glaze or even blueberries, like I did for my Blueberry Lemon Bundt Cake.

When it comes to unique Bundt Cake pans, Nordic Ware has the best options. You can get an elegant heart-shaped bundt pan for Valentine’s Day, a pine forest bundt pan for the holidays, or a copper rose bundt pan that’s great for any special occasion.

No matter what pan you choose, always make sure to throughly grease and flour the pan before adding the batter. The non-stick coating just isn’t enough to keep the cake from sticking. Spray the pan with non-stick cooking spray or use Baker’s Joy Non-Stick Spray with Flour to make sure your cakes come out clean every time.

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