Toasted almond cake


Toasted almond cake
A layer cake, with toasted almonds in the chocolate part.
242 K 4.4/5 (32 reviews)
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Last modified on: July 5th 2016
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 60 min.
Cooking: 1 hour 5 min.
All in all: 2 hours 2 min.
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Stage 1 - 10 min.
Toasted almond cake
Roast 100 g whole almonds:

Preheat oven to 240°C or 464°F and put almonds on a baking sheet.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Toasted almond cake
Put them in the oven for about 5 minutes, until they are dried and lightly browned. They become crunchier, and develop a different flavour.

Stage 3 - 10 min.
Toasted almond cake
Remove from oven, allow to cool, and chop roughly with a large knife. Set aside.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Toasted almond cake
In the bowl of a mixer, put 125 g butter, cut in small pieces, then 10 g vanilla sugar, then sieve (to remove any lumps) 200 g icing sugar on top.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Toasted almond cake
Mix on medium speed for a few minutes.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
Toasted almond cake
Add 3 eggs, then sieve onto mixture 150 g flour and ½ sachet baking powder.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Toasted almond cake
Mix on medium speed until the mixture is smooth and soft.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Toasted almond cake
Take ¼ of mixture from bowl.

Stage 9 - 3 min.
Toasted almond cake
To this add 20 g powdered cocoa and 4 tablespoons Milk.

Stage 10 - 5 min.
Toasted almond cake
Mix until nice and chocolatey, then add 2/3 of the almonds.

Stage 11 - 3 min.
Toasted almond cake
Add the remaining almonds to the plain mixture.

It's normal to have far more "yellow" than "brown" mixture.

Stage 12 - 5 min.
Toasted almond cake
Make the cake: put a yellow layer in the bottom of your mould, then a thinner brown layer, and so on, finishing with yellow layer on top.

Stage 13 - 1 hour
Toasted almond cake
Reduce oven temperature to 200°C or 392°F, and cook cake for about one hour. Check cooking after 40 minutes.

Turn out while still warm and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
For a prettier cake: when assembling the layers, put a yellow layer, then add 2 rolls of brown mixture with a forcing bag, then another yellow layer, etc.
Source: Home made from a Gaston Lenôtre recipe.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe60 RDI=20 %390 RDI=40 %180 RDI=30 %3,290 RDI=170 %13,780 RDI: 170 %
Per 100 g7 RDI=3 %50 RDI=4 %20 RDI=3 %400 RDI=20 %1,680 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, egg, Milk, Nuts
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 4.00 €

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