Italian Sour Cream Saronno Cake Recipes

AMARETTO ITALIAN SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Using 2 tablespoons shortening, generously grease a 10-inch tube pan.
• In small bowl, beat 2 egg whites, until foamy. Gradually add brown sugar and beat until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Fold in coconut and ground pecans. Spread meringue on bottom and sides of pan to within 1-inch of top of pan.
• In large bowl, blend cake mix, sour cream, amaretto, water, eggs and 2 yolks at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at highest speed. pour batter evenly into prepared pan. Bake 55-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool upright in pan for 10 minutes. Loosen sides and invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.
• GLAZE:.
• In a small bowl, blend powdered sugar, cocoa, amaretto, butter, corn syrup and water until smooth. Spoon over top of cake, allowing some to run down sides of cake. Sprinkle with ground pecans. Garnish with cherries.

ITALIAN SOUR CREAM HORNS

Steps:

• For dough: Dissolve yeast in warm water. Sift flour; add salt. Add butter, eggs yolks, sour cream.
• , vanilla and dissolved yeast mixture to flour mixture; work with hands until a moist dough forms. Cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours, or overnight.
• Divide dough into eight pieces. Dust rolling pin and work surfaces with powdered sugar. Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll out dough to about 1/8 inch thickness (slightly thinner than pie dough, more like noodle dough).
• Cut dough into a circle approximately 8 inches in diameter. (You may want to use a stainless steel bowl and just press out a circle). Refrigerate dough circle. Continue rolling and cutting remaining dough, refrigerating circles as you go. Re-roll leftover dough pieces and cut into circles.
• Cut each circle of dough into 16 triangular pieces or wedges.
• For filling: Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar; beat until stiff. Fold in pecans and vanilla.
• Spread 1/2 teaspoon filling on each triangle of dough; roll up, beginning with largest end. Place roll, small end down, on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake in a 350 degrees F oven 10 to 12 minutes, or until slightly browned on bottom. Immediately transfer to racks to cool.
• Sift powdered sugar over cooled cookies. Store in airtight container. Yield: About 10 dozen cookies.