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Almond macaroon cake

This is a cake version of an almond meringue, moister and denser in texture.

This cake can be eaten on its own or made smaller, like finger biscuits. It can also be used as the base in a boozy dessert, such as a framboisier.

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

For 2 cakes, you will need:

1 80 g butter
2 240 g caster sugar
3 80 g ground almonds
4 40 g flour
5 200 g egg white
6 2 tablespoons caster sugar
Total weight: 670 grams

Change those ingredients for: 1 cake 2 cakes 3 cakes

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	35 min.	58 min.

Keeping: A few days in an airtight tin.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Melt 80 g butter on low heat, then leave to cool.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Sieve into a bowl: 240 g caster sugar, 80 g ground almonds and 40 g flour. Mix well.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Beat 200 g egg white to stiff peak stage and add 2 tablespoons caster sugar at the end.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Tip the mixture from stage 2 into the beaten egg whites.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Fold in gently with a soft spatula, tipping the bowl on its side.

Don't overdo this - you need to keep the mixture as light and airy as possible.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Take out a little of the mixture (about 3 tablespoonsful) and put this into the pan with the melted butter, which should be alomst cold.

Mix well.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Pour this butter mixture into the bowl and fold in gently.

Mixing the butter in two stages like this helps to keep the mixture smooth and light without the butter causing it to "fall".

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Put the mixture into a cake ring standing on a sheet of cooking parchment, or into a non-stick mould or tin.

Stage 9 - 30 min.

Bake for 30 minutes.

Stage 10

Almond macaroon cake : Photo of step #10

Leave to cool in the tin. Be very careful when handling, as this macaroon cake is very fragile.

Remarks

You can vary the flavour of this cake by replacing some or all of the almonds with ground hazelnuts.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,376 Kcal or 9,948 Kj	29 gr	314 gr	112 gr
119 %	11 %	30 %	17 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
355 Kcal or 1,486 Kj	4 gr	47 gr	17 gr
18 %	2 %	4 %	3 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,188 Kcal or 4,974 Kj	15 gr	157 gr	56 gr
59 %	6 %	15 %	8 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 2 cakes : 3.00 €
Per cake : 1.50 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

From Gaston Lenôtre.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Caramel rice pudding, Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nougat, Stuffed prunes, Chocolate madeleines, Brioche royale, Almond dacquoise, ... All
	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mirlitons, Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Checkerboard biscuits, Calissons, Amiens macaroons, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), Walnut short bread, Tatin apple diplomat tart, Chocolate mousse, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, ... All

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