Toasted Pound Cake with Mascarpone and Amaretto

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Power of Pesto

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Cook Time:
5 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 5 min
Total:: 20 min

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Ingredients

1 pound cake (10 3/4 ounce), cut crosswise into 12 slices
3/4 cup apricot preserves
3 tablespoons almond flavored liqueur (recommended: Amaretto)
2/3 cup mascarpone cheese
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the pound cake slices on a large heavy baking sheet and toast in oven for 7 to 10 minutes until the slices turn golden brown. Alternatively, toast the pound cake slices in an electric toaster until golden.

Stir the apricot preserves and amaretto in a small bowl to blend.

Place 1 cake slice atop each of 6 plates. Spoon the mascarpone cheese atop the cake slices. Arrange the remaining cake slices offset atop the bottom cake slices. Spoon the apricot mixture over. Sprinkle with the almonds and serve immediately.

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recipe Toasted Pound Cake with Mascarpone and Amaretto
Melanie Roswell, GA 11-03-2009
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Crowd Pleaser
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made this recipe as written and brought it to my book club. No leftovers!
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Denise Laguna Niguel, CA 10-21-2008
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A perfect ending!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I used angel food cake, as I didn't have any pound cake. I also warmed up the marscapone cheese, so it melted a little on... the toasted ckae. I heated the apricot-amaretto sauce, sprinkled the toasted almonds on top and it was heaven! A perfect light dessert and ending to a great meal. Read more
recipe Toasted Pound Cake with Mascarpone and Amaretto
Anonymous 01-25-2008
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What did I do wrong?
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

When I toasted the pound cake in the oven until golden brown, the slices came out as hard as a brick. Are they supposed to... be hard? We needed to use steak knives to cut the dessert. Flavors were delicious, and I'd like to make again, but perhaps next time I should use the toaster. Anybody have any other suggestions?Read more
recipe Toasted Pound Cake with Mascarpone and Amaretto
Julie Kansas City, MO 08-13-2007
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Sinfully Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This dessert is so very good and so easy to make. I made it last weekend for company and everyone loved it. As an fyi, I... was only able to get 10 slices of poundcake out of the 10 3/4 oz size with each slice cut at 1/2 inch. Also you really don't need to add any honey to the mascarpone cheese as the amaretto/apricot preserves mixture was plenty sweet enough...of course it's up to individual preference. You can't go wrong with this recipe.Read more
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Sue Palm Springs, CA 07-16-2007
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Weekday or Company - Outstanding!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My boyfriend and I made this as part of the entire chicken dinner on this site. WOW! What an incredible end to a great... dinner! This was my first time using marscapone cheese to cook with. Very easy and flavorful. I stirred it up well in the container. I did not add honey as another reviewer did as we liked it's contrasting smoothness. I also added yet another glop of cheese to the top piece of toast and then more almonds. The almonds really add something to the desert. I pre-heated the oven. The toast doesn't look like it's cooking at first but right after the first 3 - 4 min. it gets this wonderful brown crust - now turn them & do the other side. We ended up having this for desert three nights in a row - no kidding! Where has this type of desert been all my life! I'm in heaven!Read more
recipe Toasted Pound Cake with Mascarpone and Amaretto
HOLLY Cincinnati, OH 05-21-2007
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WOW
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was the best dessert. I made this 2 nights in a row at the request of my husband. I normally don't like apricot, but... mixed with the Amaretto it was amazing.Read more