Grand Marnier Cake Ii

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 2 cups flour, unsifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 orange, zest of, grated
• 1/4 cup almonds, chopped
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/3 cup grand marnier
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons blanched slivered almonds

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 beat in egg yolks.
• 3 add flour, baking powder and baking soda alternately with sour cream, beating until smooth.
• 4 stir in orange rind and chopped almonds.
• 5 fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
• 6 pour into buttered 9-inch tube pan.
• 7 bake in moderate 350 degree fahrenheit oven about 50 minutes.
• 8 mix orange juice, grand marnier, and sugar together; spoon over hot cake in pan.
• 9 decorate top with almonds.
• 10 cool before removing from pan.