Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Christmas 
      Yield: 12 servings 
  
      1 c  Butter 
  1 1/2 c  Sugar 
      3    Eggs; separated 
      2 c  Flour; (sifted) 
      1 t  Baking powder 
      1 t  Baking soda 
    1/2 t  Salt 
      1 c  Sour cream 
      1 t  Grated orange peel 
    1/2 c  Chopped walnuts 
      2 T  Sugar 
    1/4 c  Orange juice 
    1/3 c  Amaretto 
  
  Cream butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg 
  yolks one at a time. Fold in beaten egg whites. Sift together flour, 
  baking powder, baking soda and salt, and add to batter a little at a time, 
  alternating with sour cream. Stir until smooth. Mix in grated orange 
  peel and walnuts and pour into buttered 9" tube pan. Bake 50 minutes at 
  350 degrees. Mix remaining sugar with orange juice and Amaretto and spoon 
  over cake as soon as it comes out of oven. Cool before removing from pan.