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Amandier (gluten-free almond cake)

This gluten-free cake is called "amandier" in French, as it is made with ground almonds instead of flour (the same word also means almond tree). The texture is moist and the flavour is, well, almondy.

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Last modified on: October 4^th 2020

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For 3 people, you will need:

1 35 g butter
2 75 g Egg ( How to... )
3 50 g caster sugar
4 10 g honey
5 75 g ground almonds
6 3 drops bitter almond essence
7 ½ teaspoon orange flower water
8 ½ lemon
9 25 g Mascarpone
Total weight: 338 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	45 min.	1 hour 8 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Melt 35 g butter in a small pan on low heat (or in the microwave).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C).

Put in a mixer bowl: 75 g Egg, 50 g caster sugar and 10 g honey.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Begin on slow speed to mix together...

Stage 4 - 5 min.

...then beat on high speed.

The mixture should be pale, and very light and fluffy.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add 75 g ground almonds, 3 drops bitter almond essence, ½ teaspoon orange flower water and the zest of ½ lemon.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Fold in gently with a soft spatula.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Finish by adding the warm melted butter and 25 g Mascarpone.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Put into your chosen moulds or tins after buttering (here I'm using small loaf tins).

Stage 9 - 40 min.

Bake for 40 minutes.

Stage 10

Turn out while hot or warm and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you don't have mascarpone in stage 7, use cream instead.

In Christophe Michalak's original recipe, he uses orange zest, but the lemon and almond flavours work very well together too.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Based on a recipe by Christophe Michalak.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,254 Kcal or 5,250 Kj	26 gr	70 gr	97 gr
63 %	10 %	7 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
372 Kcal or 1,557 Kj	8 gr	21 gr	29 gr
19 %	3 %	2 %	4 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
418 Kcal or 1,750 Kj	9 gr	23 gr	32 gr
21 %	3 %	2 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 3 people : 2.48 €
Per person : 0.83 €

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	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Chocolate almond cookies, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Checkerboard biscuits, Gâteau Nantais, ... All
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	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Finger biscuits, Strawberry feuilleté, Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , Amaretti, Passion fruit jellies, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramelised apple custards, Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, Oaty walnut cake , Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Spinach and Comté Loaf, ... All