Toasted almond cake
A layer cake, with toasted almonds in the chocolate part.
232K 32 4.4
Last modified on: July 5th 2016
Keywords for this recipe:For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
8.2 oz flour - 2
½ sachet baking powder - 3
3 eggs - 4
4.5 oz butter - 5
3.5 oz whole almonds - 6
7.0 oz icing sugar - 7
0.4 oz Vanilla sugar - 8
0.7 oz powdered cocoa - 9
4 tablespoons milk
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 57 min. | 1 hour 5 min. | 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 4.5 oz butter, cut in small pieces, then 0.4 oz Vanilla sugar, then sieve (to remove any lumps) 7.0 oz 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 0.7 oz 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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,260 Kcal or 13,649 Kj | 60 gr | 350 gr | 183 gr |
| 163 % | 23 % | 33 % | 28 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 398 Kcal or 1,666 Kj | 7 gr | 43 gr | 22 gr |
| 20 % | 3 % | 4 % | 3 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,260 Kcal or 13,649 Kj | 60 gr | 350 gr | 183 gr |
| 163 % | 23 % | 33 % | 28 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 3.96 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Millefeuille, Diamond biscuits, Jam doughnuts, Finger biscuits, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brownies, Escalopes in a sesame crust, Sesame fried scampi, Finger biscuits, X-Files cookies, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Artichoke hearts forestier , Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Eggs Benedict , Potatoes with prawns, Fillet of salmon meunière, ... All |
 | Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Praline, Chocolate thins with toasted nuts, Cantucci di Prato, Piped petits-fours, Chinese style chicken, ... All |
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