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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

Keywords for this recipe:Cake Almonds Lemon Gluten-free Flour-free Michalak

For 6 people, you will need:

1 70 g butter
2 150 g egg ( How to... )
3 100 g caster sugar
4 20 g honey
5 150 g ground almonds
6 5 drops bitter almond essence
7 1 teaspoon orange flower water
8 1 lemon
9 50 g Mascarpone
Total weight: 675 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.

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Melt 70 g butter in a small pan on low heat (or in the microwave).

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

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Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C).

Put in a mixer bowl: 150 g egg, 100 g caster sugar and 20 g honey.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

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Begin on slow speed to mix together...

Stage 4 - 5 min.

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...then beat on high speed.

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

Stage 5 - 3 min.

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Add 150 g ground almonds, 5 drops bitter almond essence, 1 teaspoon orange flower water and the zest of 1 lemon.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

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Fold in gently with a soft spatula.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

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Finish by adding the warm melted butter and 50 g Mascarpone.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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

Stage 9 - 40 min.

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Bake for 40 minutes.

Stage 10

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,508 Kcal or 10,500 Kj	51 gr	141 gr	193 gr
125 %	20 %	13 %	29 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 4.95 €
Per person : 0.83 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Christophe Michalak.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond dacquoise, Apricot blancmange, Buckwheat almond biscuits, Caribbean upside-down cake, Mirlitons, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moist chocolate cake, Breton galettes (pancakes), Curried tuna cubes, Rum babas, Filo leeks and cheese tart, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clear strawberry juice, Minted Melon, Foie gras cured in salt, Almond macaroon cake, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clementine confectioner's custard, Pork medallions with "full" turnips, How to prevent butter burning during cooking, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Chocolate almond cookies, ... All

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