Welcome to the wonderful world of almond cake! This classic dessert is a delight for any occasion, from a simple afternoon tea to a grand celebration. With its moist texture, nutty flavor, and delicate aroma, almond cake is sure to please everyone at the table. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, this article will provide you with all the information you need to create a delicious and unforgettable almond cake. From choosing the right ingredients to mastering the perfect technique, you'll find everything you need to know to make a stunning almond cake that will impress your friends and family. So grab your apron, preheat your oven, and let's get started on this delightful baking adventure!
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
ALMOND CAKE RECIPE
This is the easiest almond cake with just 4 main ingredients. This cake has a soft, moist crumb and is lightly sweet with a pop of lemon flavor. You won't believe it is a grain free and gluten free cake recipe!
Provided by Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com
Categories Easy
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Grease/butter a 9" cake pan or 9" springform pan. Line the bottom with a circle of parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350˚F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 4 egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar. Beat with an electric hand mixer on high speed 3 minutes or until thick, creamy and lightened in color. Add 1 1/2 cups almond flour and 1 Tbsp lemon zest and use a spatula to fold and stir together until incorporated. Wash and dry attachments from the mixer.
- In a second large mixing bowl, add 4 egg whites and beat together until stiff peaks form (about 2 minutes). Fold the egg whites 1 heaping spoonful at a time into the almond batter, folding with each addition just until incorporated and scraping from the bottom of the bowl to ensure batter has an even consistency.
- Once all the egg whites are incorporated and batter is even in consistency (do not over-mix), transfer batter to the prepared baking pan and sprinkle the top with 1/4 cup sliced almonds. Bake at 350˚F for 30 minutes or until top is firm.
- Let cake rest in the pan 15 minutes then run a thin spatula around the sides and invert it onto your hand then place it right side up on the rack. Let cool to room temperature and garnish with powdered sugar and lemon slices if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 218 kcal, Carbohydrate 17 g, Protein 7 g, Fat 14 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 81 mg, Sodium 31 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 13 g, ServingSize 1 serving
RECIPES
There's something special about Baking Mad's almond cake recipe that guarantees a delicious moist and extremely moreish afternoon treat.
Time 1h20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Step 1:Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan / gas mark 4). Grease and line the base of a 15cm round cake tin.Step 2:Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the egg yolks one at a time and stir in with the almond extract. Beat well.Step 3:Sieve in the self-raising flour and ground almonds and mix gently. Beat the egg whites in a clean, grease-free bowl until very stiff and then fold into the mixture.Step 4:Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
ALMOND CAKE
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories dessert
Time 50m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter and flour an 8-inch round cake pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, cake flour and baking powder. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and almond paste on high speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add vanilla extract and slowly pour in confectioners' sugar. Mix until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Raise speed to high and add the egg yolks and whole eggs, one at a time. Reduce speed to medium and add the sour cream and dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Bake in the lower third of the oven for 35 minutes, or until the cake is golden and pulls away from the sides of the pan. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool. Remove from pan and dust with confectioners' sugar.
WHITE ALMOND WEDDING CAKE
A secret ingredient of sour cream makes this cake so moist, dense, and delicious! I use this recipe for my kids' birthdays, but it's a favorite for wedding cakes, too! This recipe can easily be doubled.
Provided by CUPYCAKESMURF
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Almond Dessert Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour an 11x13 inch cake pan.
- Stir together the white cake mix, flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl until well mixed. Pour in the water, sour cream, vegetable oil, almond and vanilla extracts, and egg whites, and beat with an electric mix on low until all the ingredients are mixed and moistened but some lumps still remain, 4 minutes.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, and bake in the preheated oven until the top is a light golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Allow to cool before frosting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 211.4 calories, Carbohydrate 35.3 g, Cholesterol 5.1 mg, Fat 6.6 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 274.7 mg, Sugar 24 g
ALMOND CAKE RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: unsalted butter, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, almond flour, baking powder, powdered sugar
Provided by Sophia Saxonhouse
Yield 1 serving
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350*F and grease a 9-inch (22 cm)round pan with butter.
- In a stand mixing bowl fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and
- sugar until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
- Add in eggs one at time, fully incorporating after each addition and to this, beat in vanilla and almond extract.
- Slowly add in almond flour and baking powder until fully incorporated.
- Pour almond cake into the pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let rest for 20 minutes, and then flip onto a cake stand.
- Dust with powdered sugar and serve!
- Enjoy!
ALMOND CAKE
This exquisite recipe came to The Times in a 2001 article by Amanda Hesser about the first meal her now mother-in-law, Elizabeth Friend, prepared for her. The meal ended with this simple almond cake. Ms. Hesser wrote: "It had a crust, fragile like a dry leaf, that led to a moist, downy layer of ground almonds and sugar. It was a perfect dessert. And it punctuated one of the great meals of my life." It's not the prettiest cake in the world - Ms. Friend called it "the Shar-Pei of cakes" because it crumbles on the edges and falls in the middle - but it is flawless otherwise. If you care about looks, dust it with confectioners' sugar and top it with fresh berries as we've done in the picture. It also improves with age and can be made 1 to 2 weeks ahead. Store it covered in or out of the fridge. Finally, this recipe makes two 8-inch cakes, so give one away or freeze one for a rainy day.
Provided by Amanda Hesser
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 2 8-inch cakes, 8 servings each
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter sides and bottoms of 2 8-inch cake or springform pans; line sides and bottoms with parchment paper. Butter paper. Place pans in freezer.
- Sift flour and salt into a small bowl. Set aside. In a mixer fitted with a paddle, beat butter and granulated sugar at high speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add almond paste, a little at a time at medium speed, and beat 8 minutes. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, and almond extract. Mix sour cream and baking soda and add to butter mixture. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add flour mixture, just until blended.
- Divide batter between prepared pans and spread evenly. Bake about 40 minutes to an hour, until tops are golden and spring back when lightly pressed and cakes shrink from sides of the pans. Cool in pans on wire rack. Remove sides of pans and remove paper. When ready to serve, sift confectioners' sugar on top and slice like pie.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 661, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 76 grams, Fat 38 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 7 grams, SaturatedFat 19 grams, Sodium 326 milligrams, Sugar 49 grams, TransFat 1 gram
BURNT ALMOND CAKE
Make and share this Burnt Almond Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Steve P.
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease two 8-by-2-inch round cake pans.
- For the cake: Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together into a bowl and set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce the speed to medium-low.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating 30 seconds between additions.
- Add alternating increments of the flour mixture and buttermilk and vanilla, blending well after each addition; this should take about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool in pans, on wire racks, for 10 minutes, unmold the cakes and let cool completely.
- Note: The cake recipe makes two 8-inch round cake layers.
- Only one is used for this recipe.
- To make the brittle: Combine the granulated sugar, honey and water in a medium-sized saucepan.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
- Boil, without stirring, until the mixture turns a deep amber color, about 10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and immediately stir in the toasted almonds, butter and baking soda.
- Mix with a wooden spoon just until the butter melts and the foaming subsides.
- Pour the mixture into a nonstick or lightly greased baking sheet and set aside to cool.
- Once the brittle has hardened, break it up and crush to fine crumbs in a food processor.
- Store in a covered container in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- To make the custard cream: In a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, heat milk to barely simmering.
- Meanwhile, combine egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch in a medium mixing bowl.
- Whisk to blend smoothly.
- Stir the heated milk into the egg mixture; return mixture to saucepan.
- Bring back to a boil, over medium-low heat, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute.
- Remove pan from heat; add butter and vanilla, stirring to melt the butter.
- Transfer custard to a bowl; place a piece of waxed paper directly on top to prevent a crust from forming and refrigerate until cold.
- Whip the cream and confectioners' sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Fold into the chilled custard and refrigerate until ready to use.
- To assemble cake: Cut the cake in half horizontally.
- Place one layer on a cake plate, spread cake with cold custard cream and sprinkle with brittle crumbs.
- Cover with the remaining layer of cake.
- Spread the remaining custard cream over cake, applying a thinner coat to the sides than the top.
- Chill for a least 1 hour before garnishing.
- To garnish, press brittle crumbs onto the sides of the cake with the palm of your hand and sprinkle a layer of crumbs on the top.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Note: To toast nuts, arrange in a single layer on a baking pan.
- Bake in a 375F oven until golden brown, about 7 to 10 minutes.
- Allow nuts to cool before using.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 982, Fat 44.2, SaturatedFat 23.5, Cholesterol 312.8, Sodium 541.4, Carbohydrate 133.7, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 82.1, Protein 15.5
ALMOND CAKE
This pretty cake is decorated with glazed apricot slices and toasted almonds.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place sliced almonds on a baking sheet, and toast until golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside.
- Coat an 8-inch-round pan (2 inches high) with butter. Line with parchment paper, butter, and flour; set aside.
- Combine flour and baking powder in a small bowl; set aside. Place almond paste, sugar, and 5 tablespoons butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat on medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add eggs and Grand Marnier, if using; process until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl; fold in flour and baking powder.
- Pour batter into prepared pan; bake 40 minutes, until golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean. Place on a rack to cool in pan for 10 minutes. Turn cake out of pan onto rack; cool completely.
- Heat marmalade with 1 tablespoon water in a small saucepan. Arrange apricot slices on top of cake; brush with apricot marmalade. Garnish with toasted almonds.
ALMOND JOY CAKE
This is a fantastic Almond Joy cake recipe-tastes just like the candy bar. -Daria Burcar, Rochester, Michigan
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 16 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour two 9-in. round baking pans. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, buttermilk, eggs and oil; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 28-32 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, in a large saucepan, combine marshmallows, sugar, milk and cornstarch. Cook and stir over low heat until marshmallows are melted; increase heat to medium and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in coconut and almonds. Remove from heat; cool. Refrigerate filling until cold but still spreadable, about 45 minutes., Using a long serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with 1/3 of coconut filling. Repeat twice. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread fudge frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until set, at least 1 hour. Garnish with coconut flakes and almonds if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 502 calories, Fat 23g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 35mg cholesterol, Sodium 371mg sodium, Carbohydrate 73g carbohydrate (56g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
Tips:
- Use almond flour that is finely ground for a smooth cake texture.
- Make sure the butter and eggs are at room temperature before mixing to ensure they blend well.
- For a moist cake, do not overmix the batter.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven for accurate baking time and to prevent the cake from sinking.
- Use a toothpick or skewer to check if the cake is done. It should come out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting or serving for best results.
- For a richer flavor, use pure almond extract.
- Decorate the cake with sliced almonds, powdered sugar, or fresh berries for an elegant presentation.
Conclusion:
Almond cake is a delicious and versatile dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist texture and nutty flavor, it is sure to be a hit with everyone. Whether you choose a simple recipe or a more elaborate one, there is an almond cake recipe out there for everyone. So next time you are looking for a special treat, give almond cake a try. You won't be disappointed!
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