Basic Almond Cake
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
2 cakes
- Serves:
- 20-24
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 lbs almond paste
- 3⁄4 lb butter, softened (or soy margarine)
- 2 7⁄8 cups sugar
- 11 egg yolks
- 1 egg
- 1⁄3 cup Grand Marnier
- 1 cup flour (GF all-purpose is okay)
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
directions
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
- Line two 9" cake pans with parchment paper.
- Cream together almond paste, butter and sugar.
- Add eggs slowly, with mixer speed medium-low.
- Add Grand Marnier (batter will appear broken).
- Combine flour and baking powder and a pinch of salt-- and add to mixer and stir until just combined.
- Add extract.
- Pour into cake pans and bake until golden brown and just set (it will drop and firm up), about 35 minutes.
- Let cool on a cake rack in the pan. Run a knife around the edge and remove when completely cooled.
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I have recently recovered from Thyroid issues and adult-onset food allergies. My husband and I welcomed our first child into this world in July. I had a hard pregnancy and spent most of it on bedrest. I gained 65 pounds. I've decided to chronicle my weight loss through recipezaar and also include some baby food recipes as I come up with them.
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