Lisa's Southern Kitchen

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Ingredients:

Cake

• 2 cups Self-Rising Flour

• 1 cup Granulated Sugar

• 3 tbsp. Vanilla Instant Pudding

• 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

• 1 I. Almond Extract

• 1 tsp. Apple Cider Vinegar

• 2/4 cup Buttermilk

• 1/2 cup Water

• 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil

• 1/2 cup Light Corn Syrup

• 1/2 tsp. Vegetable Oil

• 1 stick Unsalted Butter, softened

• 1 Egg

• 2 Egg Whites

Buttercream Frosting

• 1 package Cream Cheese

• 1 stick Salted Butter, softened

• 1/4 cup Shortening

• 3 cups Powdered Sugar

• 1/2 tsp. Almond Extract

• 2 cups Chopped Almonds

Instructions:

Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease two round cake pans with cooking spray.
2. In a bowl of stand up mixer add in the flour, sugar, vanilla instant pudding, vanilla extract and almond extract, beat well until combined.
3. Add in the cream of tartar and apple cider vinegar, oil and corn syrup, buttermilk, butter and egg, egg whites, beat well until combined.
4. Pour the batter into two greased round cake pans and bake for 35 minutes until light golden brown. Let cakes cool completely before frosting.
5. Make the frosting, in a bowl of stand up mixer add in frosting ingredients and beat well until smooth and fluffy.
6. Lay one cake layer on a cake plate frost it, sprinkle with chopped almonds and then lay second layer on top, frost it and garnish with remaining chopped almonds. Slice and serve.