Butter Almond Cake with Strawberries and Caramel Cream

Name: Butter Almond Cake with Strawberries and Caramel Cream
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 1¼ cups plus 1½ tablespoons sugar; 10 ounces almond paste; Chopped zest of 2 oranges; 8 ounces (2 sticks) soft sweet butter; 1 cup cake flour, sifted; 6 large eggs; ½ teaspoon baking powder; Pinch salt; 2 pints strawberries, hulled and quartered; 1 recipe Caramel Cream

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Born in the student kitchen of our now illustrious sous chef Hollyce, this dessert got her her job at Stars. Be sure to use almond paste without preservatives.

Ingredients

10 ounces almond paste
1¼ cups plus 1½ tablespoons

Dessert
Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Butter the bottom and sides of the bundt pan.

Put the almond paste in the bowl of an electric mixer. With the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes, until malleable. Slowly mix in the