Orange Liqueur Cake

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix with pudding (2-layer size)
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup triple sec or 1/2 cup other orange-flavored liqueur
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/2 cup triple sec or 1/2 cup other orange-flavored liqueur

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle pecans in bottom of a greased and floured 10-inch bundt pan.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 combine remaining ingredients except glaze in a large mixing bowl.
• 4 beat 30 seconds at low speed of electric mixer, then 2 minutes at.
• 5 medium speed.
• 6 pour into prepared pan.
• 7 bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in.
• 8 center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan 10 minutes; remove and let cool.
• 10 completely on wire rack.
• 11 using a wooden pick, pierce cake at 1-inch intervals.
• 12 spoon glaze over cake.
• 13 glaze: melt butter in heavy saucepan.
• 14 stir in orange juice and sugar.
• 15 bring to a boil.
• 16 boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 17 remove from heat and stir in orange peel and liqueur.
• 18 makes 1 1/4 cups.