French Almond Cake (By Baking Tai Tai) Source: bakingtaitai.blogspot.sg/2014/11/french-almond-cake.html#more Ingredients: 110g unsalted butter, cut into small cubes and leave to soften (I reduced to 100g) 150g caster sugar (I reduced to 100g) 3 eggs, lightly beaten (I used 55g ones) 90g ground almonds (I used super fine almond blanced powder ) 40g self-raising flour** 1 tablespoon milk (I used 40g whipping cream) 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 tablespoon almonds flakes for sprinkling (I used 2 tablespoons) some icing sugar for dusting (I used snow powder) ** If you do not have self-raising flour, you can make your own using 40g plain flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder and a pinch of salt Method: 1. Pre-heat an oven at 180 degree Celcius. Grease and lay the sides and base of the cake pan with baking paper, set aside. 2. Place butter, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl, whisked well with an electric mixer before adding in almond powder and flour, beat till light and fluffy. Pour into the prepared pan and spread the batter evenly. Sprinkle the flaked almonds over the top. 3. Bake at 180degC for 30-35mins, or until the sponge just springs back when pressed or a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. (Note: Cover the top with foil about 15-20mins into baking to prevent the top from over browning. ) 4. Remove cake from pan, let cool before dusting with icing sugar before serving. Personal Notes: I used this recipe to make one 8 inch cake first before using the same recipe to make a 6 cake. For the 8 inch, the cake is rather short and the 6 inch one gives a better height.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 07:14:20 +0000
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