Amaretto Apple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup almond flavored liqueur (amaretto)
• 1 large apple, peeled,cored and diced (large dice)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease 4 mini-loaf pans or 1 regular-sized loaf pan.
• 3 with an electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs and vanilla, continuing to beat until well mixed.
• 5 in a separate bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon, mix well.
• 6 add half of the flour mixture to the butter/egg mixture, mix well.
• 7 add milk and amaretto to the mixture, then the rest of the flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
• 8 fold in chopped apple, mixing gently but thoroughly.
• 9 pour mixture into loaf pan, or divide among mini-loaf pans.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes (25-30 for mini-loaf pans) until toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.
• 11 remove from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• 12 remove from pan and let cool on a rack.