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Orange Liqueur Cake

From the Kitchen of: Pepper
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Orange Liqueur Cake
1	cup	chopped pecans
1	package (18.25 oz.	yellow cake mix with pudding
3		eggs
1/2	cup	vegetable oil
1/2	cup	Triple Sec or other orange-flavored liqueur
2	teaspoons	grated orange rind
1/4	cup	orange juice
1/4	cup	water

Sprinkle pecans in the bottom of a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan; set aside.
Combine remaining ingredients, except glaze, in a large mixing bowl.
Beat 30 seconds at low speed of an electric mixer; then beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
Pour into pan; bake at 325° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.
Using a meat fork or wooden pick, pierce cake at 1-inch intervals. Spoon glaze over cake.

Glaze
1/2	cup	butter or margarine
1/4	cup	orange juice
3/4	cup	sugar
1	teaspoon	teaspoon grated orange rind
1/2 td>cup	Triple Sec or other orange-flavored liqueur