Chocolate amaretto bundt cake

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       Title: Chocolate Amaretto Bundt Cake
  Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 1 servings
  
       2 c  All-purpose flour
       3 c  Sugar; divided
     1/2 ts Salt
       8 oz Butter; divided
     3/4 c  Amaretto; divided
     1/2 c  Vegetable oil
       3 tb Powdered cocoa
     1/2 c  Buttermilk
       2    Eggs
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 ts Baking soda
     1/4 c  Water
            Almonds; crushed (opt)
  
   Preheat oven to 350~. Mix flour, 2 C sugar and salt. Melt 4
   oz butter. Add 1/4 C Amaretto, oil and cocoa and mix.
   Combine with flour, sugar and salt until blended. Do not
   overmix. Add buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and soda. Mix
   thoroughly and place in greased and floured bundt pan. Bake
   50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool.
   Melt remaining butter and sugar with water in small
   saucepan over high heat to rolling boil. Reduce heat to
   medium, stirring constantly. Cook 5 minutes; turn off heat
   and add remaining amaretto slowly while stirring. Mix until
   all is added. With chopstick or wooden spoon, poke holes in
   bottom of cake. Ladle sauce evenly. Let stand 5 minutes and
   unmold. Garnish with icing and/or crushed almonds.
  
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