Recipe           161

 

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Recipe name and category:        Italian Wine Cake, Dessert

 

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Recipe ingredients and directions:

 

5 tbs butter

½ cup chopped almonds

1 package Yellow cake mix

4 eggs

1 small package instant vanilla pudding

¾ cup dry white wine

¾ cup vegetable oil

1 tsp nutmeg

 

Powdered sugar to dust on finished cake.

 

Generously grease bunt cake pan with soft butter.

Sprinkle inside of pan with chopped almonds.

Place all ingredients of cake in large bowl of electric mixer.

Blend together on low and then beat on high for at least 5 minutes or until batter is smooth and fluffy.

Pour into prepared pan.  Bake at 350˚ for 45 minutes or until cake just begins to pull away from sides of pan.

Turn out cake on to cake plate and dust with powdered sugar.

 

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Recipe anecdote:   This cake is best when it is allowed to sit for

a day or more, so make it ahead of time for guests