Almond Cake
Ingredients for Almond cake (yield 1 loaf)
120g all-purpose (plain flour)
120g butter, room temperature
3 egg yolks
120g sugar
one handful of ground almond
2/3 pack of Lievito pane degli angeli (leavening agent)
1/2 can of Almond filling
a pinch of salt
some milk, room temperature
Directions:
Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add yolks, one at a time, mix to coperate.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, ground nuts, lievito and salt. Scoop in 1/3 of the butter mixture, and some milk, mix well; then another 1/3, and milk, mix well; then the last 1/3, and milk, mix to combine.
Grease a 9x5" loaf pan, pour in half of the batter, spread the almond filling, then pour in the rest of batter.
Bake in a pre-heat oven 335F about 40 minutes. |
