Toasted almond cake

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Toasted almond cake
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For 1 cake, you will need:

Times:

PreparationCookingStart to finish
57 min.1 hour 5 min.2 hours 2 min.

Step by step recipe

1Roast 100 g whole almonds:

Preheat oven to 240°C or 464°F and put almonds on a baking sheet.
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2Put them in the oven for about 5 minutes, until they are dried and lightly browned. They become crunchier, and develop a different flavour.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
3Remove from oven, allow to cool, and chop roughly with a large knife. Set aside.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
4In 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.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
5Mix on medium speed for a few minutes.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
6Add 3 eggs, then sieve onto mixture 150 g flour and ½ sachet baking powder.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
7Mix on medium speed until the mixture is smooth and soft.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
8Take ¼ of mixture from bowl.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
9To this add 20 g powdered cocoa and 4 tablespoons milk.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
10Mix until nice and chocolatey, then add 2/3 of the almonds.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
11Add the remaining almonds to the plain mixture.

It's normal to have far more "yellow" than "brown" mixture.
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12Make 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.Toasted almond cake : etape 25
13Reduce 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.
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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.
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