Name: Apricot Brandy and Peach Schnapps Pound Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: White sugar - 3 cups; Butter, softened - 1 cup; Eggs, beaten - 6; All-purpose flour - 3 cups; Baking soda - ¼ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Sour cream - 1 cup; Apricot brandy - ¼ cup; Lemon zest - 1 teaspoon; White sugar - 1 cup; Peach schnapps - ½ cup; Water - 1 cup; Lemon zest - 1 teaspoon; Apricot preserves - 1 cup; Apricot brandy - ½ cup; Lemon zest - 1 teaspoon; Almonds - ½ cup

Ingredients for - Apricot Brandy and Peach Schnapps Pound Cake

1. White sugar 3 cups

2. Butter, softened 1 cup

3. Eggs, beaten 6

4. All-purpose flour 3 cups

5. Baking soda ¼ teaspoon

6. Salt ½ teaspoon

7. Sour cream 1 cup

8. Apricot brandy ¼ cup

9. Lemon zest 1 teaspoon

10. White sugar 1 cup

11. Peach schnapps ½ cup

12. Water 1 cup

13. Lemon zest 1 teaspoon

14. Apricot preserves 1 cup

15. Apricot brandy ½ cup

16. Lemon zest 1 teaspoon

17. Almonds ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Apricot Brandy and Peach Schnapps Pound Cake

1 . Stage

Butter and flour one angle food tube cake pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

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.

3 . Stage

Prepare the syrup in a sauce pan by combining the sugar, peach flavored liqueur, water and lemon zest. Boil for 1 minute.

4 . Stage

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.

5 . Stage

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.

6 . Stage

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)