Ingredients:
* 1 15 oz can dark sweet pitted cherries, drained and coarsely chopped
* 1/2 cup amaretto
* 1 8-oz pkg 1/3-reduced fat cream cheese, softened
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil
* 3 eggs
* 1 tsp almond extract
* 1 box Golden Butter recipe cake mix
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* Syrup:
* 4 tbsp butter
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup water
* 1 tsp almond extract
Method
Combine cherries and amaretto and let sit for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large mixer bowl combine cream cheese, eggs, oil and extract; beat well with electric mixer until smooth. Add dry cake mix and beat on low speed until moistened, then beat at medium speed for 1 minute. Stir in cherries and amaretto by hand. Pour into a greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan. Bake 50 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean. While cake is baking, prepare syrup by melting butter in a small saucepan. Add sugar and water and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add extract and cool slightly. As soon as cake comes from oven, slowly pour syrup over the hot cake. Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes and then invert on to cake plate or serving dish.
Notes:
Number of servings: 12
