Almond Cake 7 oz. almond paste 1/4 cup granulated sugar 8 Tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and chilled 2 Tbsp honey 3 large eggs 2 Tbsp amaretto, plus more for brushing on top 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, sifted 1 pinch kosher salt 1/3 cup sliced almonds, toasted confectioner's sugar butter and flour to coat the pan Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 8" pan, and then line the bottom with parchment paper. Mix the almond paste and the sugar with an electric mixer. Use low speed at first until the almond paste is broken apart, and then switch to medium speed until the paste is broken into fine particles. This takes awhile, maybe 5-7 minutes, and watch out for chunks of almond paste flying up out of the bowl. When the particles are fine, add in the butter and mix for about 5 minutes, until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the pan as needed. Fall on the side of mixing too much instead of too little -- if you don't mix it well enough, the cake will be dense and you don't want that. Mix in the honey. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing each egg completely into the mixture before adding the next one. Add the amaretto. Add the flour and a pinch of salt, and mix just until combined. Scrape the batter into the cake pan and smooth the top. Bake for about 25-30 minutes, until the cake is golden and springs back from the touch. Cool on a wire rack. Toast your almonds while the cake is baking. Flip the cake onto a plate and remove the parchment lining from the bottom. Use another plate to flip it back around the right way up. Brush additional amaretto on top, sprinkle your toasted almonds, and dust powdered sugar on top. Picture The picture does not capture the wonder of this cake. The texture of this cake is unlike anything I've ever had -- it's light, smooth, and creamy, like you could smear it with a knife. Delicious. I paired it with Haagen-Dazs' Spiced Caramel Biscuit limited edition ice cream. It was also super easy to make. The only hard part was finding almond paste in the grocery store -- I found it at Wegman's in the baking aisle near the pie filling. A++++ would bake again. Will probably bake on my birthday. |
and have it come out well. |
started reading the Hunger Games today (somebody gave me a copy). i think they have mentioned food or eating in each of the ten chapters i have read so far. i got so hungry i had to get up and get a bowl of grapes to keep by my side. i left off at the beginning of the "game" part, so they probably won't have a decent meal again for a while. |
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i want to make watermelon infused vodka. and almond cake! after 30 days to shredded is over. everyone keeps telling me to ready However Many Shades of Grey. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey#Background The author's pen name was Snowqueens Icedragon. I think you know what you need to do. |
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yep. i need to not waste my time. |
