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LIBBIE’S CHOCOLATE E
LIBBIE’S CHOCOLAT

AMARETTO CAKE E
AMARETTO CAK

ibbie Jae was my too boozy—you can tote
book tour escort on it to that church supper

a particularly humid without a worry.

Florida morning. As we whizzed
along the highways between Tampa SERVES: 16
PREPARATION TIME: 12 MINUTES
and St. Petersburg, keeping an eye
BAKING TIME: 53 TO 56 MINUTES
on the sliding fresh strawberry

cakes baked for a tele vision appear-
Vegetable oil spray for misting the pan
ance, we talked about children, Flour for dusting the pan

traffic, and invariably cakes. Libbie 1 package (18.25 ounces) plain devil’s food
cake mix
promised to send me her favorite
1 package (3.9 ounces) chocolate instant
chocolate cake mix creation. Well,
pudding mix
the recipe was well worth the wait. 3 ⁄4 cup whole milk
1 ⁄2 cup vegetable oil
Libbie begins with a devil’s food
1 ⁄2 cup water
cake mix, to which she adds pud-
1 ⁄4 cup mayonnaise
ding mix and a little mayonnaise to 4 large eggs

keep things moist. Then she pours 1 ⁄4 cup amaretto (almond liqueur)
1 teaspoon pure almond extract
in both amaretto and almond
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
extract, plus a handful of chocolate
1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar,
chips. It is a powerful cake, but not for garnish