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Almond cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 10
Ingredients
- 200g salted butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 175g self-raising flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 50g ground almonds
- 1 tbsp milk
- 20g flaked almonds
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a 20cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper. Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl using an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in the almond extract.
- STEP 2
Briefly fold in the flour, baking powder, ground almonds and milk until you have a thick batter that falls off the spoon. Scrape into the prepared tin and level the surface using a spatula. Scatter over the flaked almonds. Bake for 45-50 mins or until risen and golden, and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.