Almond and Peel Cake

Name: Almond and Peel Cake
Ingredients: 1½ oz plain flour (40 g); 4 oz butter (110 g); 5 oz caster sugar (150 g); 3 oz ground almonds (75 g); 3 eggs – lightly beaten; ½ teaspoon vanilla essence; 2 oz candied peel (50 g); demerara sugar to sprinkle on top

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Taste of Dreams

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1976

About

This is a delicious, moist and light cake which is quick and easy to make.

Ingredients

4 oz butter (110 g)
5 oz caster sugar (

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Grease and flour a fairly deep 7 in (18 cm) sandwich tin. Put a disc of greaseproof paper in the bottom. Cream the butter and sugar and the vanilla essence in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs an