Almond Legend Cake



INGREDIENTS:

1 pk Slivered almonds (2-oz); chopped

1/3 c  butter or margarine; softened

1/3 c  Shortening

1 1/4 c  sugar

3  Eggs; separated

1 ts Lemon rind; grated

2 tb Lemon juice

1 ts vanilla extract

1 ts Almond extract

2 1/3 c  All-purpose flour;sifted

2 ts baking powder

1/4 ts baking soda

3/4 ts salt     3/4 c  milk

1/2 ts Cream of tartar

1/4 c  sugar

1 Almond Apricot glaze

DIRECTIONS:

1. Sprinkle chopped almonds into a well-greased 10-inch Bundt
pan; set aside.  Cream butter and shortening; gradually add
1-1/4 cups sugar, beating well  at medium speed of an
electric mixer.  Add egg yolks, and beat well. Add lemon rind,
juice, and flavorings; beat well. Combine flour, baking powder,
soda, and salt.  Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk,
beginning and ending with flour mixture.  Mix after each
addition; set batter aside.
  
2. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy.  Gradually
add 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form; fold egg
white mixture into batter.  Pour batter into prepared pan.
Press whole almond just below surface of batter.  Bake at
350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool in pan 10 minutes;
remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire 10-inch cake.
  
NOTE: Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun
tradition at your house.  Somewhere hidden in the baked
cake will be a single whole almond.  Whoever gets the
almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will
enjoy good fortune during the year



Almond Legend Cake