Apricot Brandy Cake Recipes

APRICOT BRANDY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; mix well.
• Combine sour cream, brandy, and flavorings.
• Add to creamed mixture alternately with flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool in pan 10-15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely.

APRICOT BRANDY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put cake mix and pudding mix in bowl.
• Add oil/butter, water, apricot brand and eggs and beat until smooth.
• Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.
• Sprinkle nuts in the bottom of the pan.
• Pour batter in on top of nuts.
• Bake for 1 hour.
• For glaze, in a sauce pan, combine melted butter/oil, sugar, water and brandy. Boil for 3 minutes.
• After removing cake from oven pour hot glaze over hot cake and allow to set for 30 minutes, then invert onto a plate.

APRICOT BRANDY AND PEACH SCHNAPPS POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Butter and flour one angle food tube cake pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well. Sift flour with soda and salt; add sour cream and brandy ending with flour. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Prepare the syrup in a sauce pan by combining the sugar, peach flavored liqueur, water and lemon zest. Boil for 1 minute.
• Turn cake out onto plate and punch holes in bottom of cake with ice pick or something similar. Slowly pour all of syrup into holes until cake is penetrated and syrup is absorbed. Immediately turn cake right side up onto serving plate.
• Prepare the topping/glaze by combining the apricot preserves, apricot brandy and lemon zest in a sauce pan and boiling for 1 minute. Drizzle over top of cake. Place sliced almonds on top of glaze along with a little lemon zest if desired.
• Serve the cake with sliced fresh peaches and coat with 1/2 cup citrus juice. Add one basket blueberries and mix together. Pour 1/2 cup peach flavored liqueur and 1/2 cup simple syrup over fruit. (simple syrup made from 1/2 cup sugar boiled in 1 cup water for 1 minute and cooled)

APRICOT BRANDY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom and sides of 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with shortening; lightly flour.
• In large bowl, beat all ingredients except powdered sugar with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 1 hour 25 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

APRICOT BRANDY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a very large tube pan.
• Cream together sugar and butter add eggs one at a time.
• Mix dry things and set aside.
• Mix sour cream and all flavorings and brandy.
• Alternately add dry and wet to sugar mix.
• Mix until well blended then pour into pan and bake at 325 for 70 minutes.