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CAKE - Almond Cake

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Ingredients

  • CAKE:
  • 150 gram of butter
  • 150 gram of sugar
  • 275 gram of flour
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp of salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 200 ml of milk
  • 100 gram of ground almond
  • 1 tsp of almond essence
  • 1 tsp of lemon zest
  • Lemon curd:
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 2 tsp of corn starch
  • 4 lemons - zested and juiced
  • 50 gram of butter

Details

Adapted from mykitchensnippets.com

Preparation

Step 1

CAKE:
1) Line and grease a 8" or 9" cake tin. Pre-heat oven to 325 F
2) Sift flour, salt and baking powder.
3) Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in one egg at a time into the butter mixture and continue to beat until smooth
4) Add in 1/3 of the milk and alternate it with 1/3 of the dry ingredients
5) Continue this way, alternately adding 1/3 of the wet and dry ingredients
6) Lastly stir in lemon zest, almond essence and ground almonds
7) Pour mixture into prepare tin and bake for an hour or until cake is done
8) Cool on rack before sandwich it with cream, lemon curd or any other filling


Lemon curd:
1) In a heavy saucepan combine egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest, juice and corn starch
2) Whisk over low heat until curd thicken and bubbles appear on the surface. It will takes about 12 minutes
3) Remove from heat and add in butter and continue to whisk until smooth
4) Pour into a bowl and refrigerate until cold before using

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