Almond cake

Name: Almond cake
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 3 egg whites; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups blanched whole almonds; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter, plus extra for greasing; 3 eggs; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar, plus extra for dusting; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup plain (all-purpose) flour; 2.5 ml/½ tsp almond extract

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Toasted almonds are the main ingredient in this light cake, giving it a nutty flavour and an excellent texture. It is best served warm, and a scoop of vanilla or good-quality chocolate ice cream would also go well with it. Eat this fresh, or keep it for one day in an airtight container.

Ingredients

25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter, plus extra for greasing
225

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3. Grease and line a 23cm/9in round shallow cake tin (pan) with baking parchment.
Spread the almonds in an even layer in a baking tray and b