Sweet Almond Cake Recipe
Yield: 8 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1/3 cup: Almonds, whole blanched about 1 1/3 oz)
1 tbsp: Sugar, powdered
3 large: Eggs, separated
1/2 cup: Sugar,
1/4 cup: Bread crumbs, toasted
1/2 tsp: Extract, vanilla
1/4 tsp: Extract, almond
1/8 tsp: , salt
TOPPING
1/2 cup: Almonds, whole banched about 2 oz
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease a 9" round cake pan. Dust with
flour; tap out excess.
In a blender or food processor fitted with the metal blade, process
nuts and confectioners sugar until finely ground.
Beat together egg yolks and 1/4 cup granulated sugar at medium speed
until light and fluffy. At low speed, beat in nut mixture, bread
crumbs, vanilla, almond extract, and salt.
Using clean beaters, beat egg whites at high speed until foamy.
Gradually beat in remaining sugar until stiff, but not dry, peaks
form.
Fold one-quarter of beaten egg whites into crumb mixture. Gently
fold in remaining whites. Spoon batter into prepared pan; smooth
top. Arrange nuts on top.
Bake cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50
minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 5 mintues. Turn
cake out onto wire rack to cool completely.
Baking Tips: To blanch almonds, boil them for about 30 seconds and
then pinch off the skins.
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flour; tap out excess.
In a blender or food processor fitted with the metal blade, process
nuts and confectioners sugar until finely ground.
Beat together egg yolks and 1/4 cup granulated sugar at medium speed
until light and fluffy. At low speed, beat in nut mixture, bread
crumbs, vanilla, almond extract, and salt.
Using clean beaters, beat egg whites at high speed until foamy.
Gradually beat in remaining sugar until stiff, but not dry, peaks
form.
Fold one-quarter of beaten egg whites into crumb mixture. Gently
fold in remaining whites. Spoon batter into prepared pan; smooth
top. Arrange nuts on top.
Bake cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50
minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 5 mintues. Turn
cake out onto wire rack to cool completely.
Baking Tips: To blanch almonds, boil them for about 30 seconds and
then pinch off the skins.
Source from luhu.jp