Almond And Lemon Syrup Cake
From ambus 13 years agoIngredients
- CAKE: shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter(at room temperature) + 1 tbsp, melted(for buttering a pan) shopping list
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar shopping list
- 2 large eggs shopping list
- finely grated zest of 1 lemon shopping list
- 1 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 cup blanched almonds,divided shopping list
- 2 tbsp milk shopping list
- SYRUP: shopping list
- 1/3 cup sugar shopping list
- 3-4 tbsp lemon juice shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 180 C.
- Brush the inside of an 8-inch round pan with melted butter,line the pan with a piece of parchment.
- Butter the parchment,arrange half quantity of almond halves in the base and set the pan aside.
- Coarsely grind / chop the remaining almonds.Keep aside.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder,and set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until well combined and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one by one,beat well until fully incorporated before adding the next.Add the lemon zest.
- On lowest speed,add flour mixture and ground almonds,beating only until incorporated.
- Add milk and beat again.
- Spoon the batter carefully into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spoon. See Photo
- Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until lightly golden.
- Allow to cool in the pan 5 minutes,then turn the cake upside down on the wire rack. See Photo
- SYRUP:
- Make the syrup while the cake is in the oven.
- Combine the lemon juice and sugar in a pan and bring gently to the boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
- Remove the cake from the oven and put on a serving plate, remove the bottom of the pan and the parchment paper making sure not to damage any of the delicate edges then drizzle the cake with the glaze.
- Leave the cake to cool, spooning any excess syrup back over it every now and then until the syrup is all soaked up.
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