---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01
  
       Title: Almond Gateau
  Categories: Cakes, Desserts
       Yield: 1 cake
 
 ----------------------------------TOPPING----------------------------------
     1/4 c  Soft butter or margarine
     1/2 c  Sliced almonds
       2 tb C and H Golden Brown Sugar
 
 ------------------------------------CAKE------------------------------------
     1/4 c  C and H Golden Brown Sugar
            -- firmly packed
       1 pk Pound cake mix (17 oz.)
  
   Topping: Spread a 9-inch tube pan with soft butter in an even thick layer
   on bottom and 2/3 way up the sides.  Pat almonds evenly over butter.
   Sprinkle brown sugar on bottom.
   
   Cake: Combine brown sugar with cake mix and prepare according to package
   directions.  Pour batter into prepared pan.  Bake in 325 degree oven 1
   hour or until golden brown.  To remove cake, invert on serving plate.
   Serve cold.
   
   If using a loose bottom tube pan place foil under pan to protect oven.
   
   Reprinted with permission from _Just Cakes_
   From the C and H Sugar Kitchen
   Electronic format by Karen Mintzias
  
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