Toasted almond cake
A layer cake, with toasted almonds in the chocolate part.
257 K 4.4/5 (32 reviews)
2 hours 2 min.
Easy
4.00 €
1 cake
9 IngredientsLast modified on: July 5th 2016
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
150 g flour - 2
½ sachet baking powder - 3
3 eggs - 4
125 g butter - 5
100 g whole almonds - 6
200 g icing sugar - 7
10 g vanilla sugar - 8
20 g powdered cocoa - 9
4 tablespoons milk - Total weight: 820 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 60 min.
Cooking: 1 hour 5 min.
All in all: 2 hours 2 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.
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.
Remove from oven, allow to cool, and chop roughly with a large knife. Set aside.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
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.
Mix on medium speed for a few minutes.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.
Mix on medium speed until the mixture is smooth and soft.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.
Take ¼ of mixture from bowl.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.
To this add 20 g powdered cocoa and 4 tablespoons milk.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 5 min.
Mix until nice and chocolatey, then add 2/3 of the almonds.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 3 min.
Add the remaining almonds to the plain mixture.
It's normal to have far more "yellow" than "brown" mixture.
It's normal to have far more "yellow" than "brown" mixture.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 5 min.
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
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.
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
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 4.00 €
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Icing sugar
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Flour
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Butter
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