Shelly's Recipe

ALMOND LEGEND CAKE

Category: Cakes from Cake Mixes

Cake
1/2 cup chopped almonds
1 pkg yellow cake mix
1/2 cup orange juice
cup water
1/3 cup oil
1/2 tsp almond extract
3 eggs
1 whole almond

Glaze
1/2 cup apricot preserves
2 to 3 tsp orange juice

Heat oven to 350. Generously grease 12-cup fluted tube or l0 inch tube pan. Gently press 1/2 cup chopped almonds in bottom and half way up sides of pan. In large bowl, combine all ingredients except whole almond at low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes at high speed. Stir in whole almond. Carefully pour batter into nut-lined pan. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool upright in pan 10 minutes; invert onto serving plate.

In small bowl, combine glaze ingredients, adding enough orange juice for desired consistency. Spoon over warm cake. Cool completely.