Almond Cake Pain De Genes
From notyourmomma 15 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
First learned in cooking class, hmmm, far too many years ago to count, but ball park is over 30. This is the go to cake for birthdays and dinner party extravagance.
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp. butter shopping list
- 1/2 lb. blanched and crushed almonds shopping list
- 6 tbsp. fine sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 6 tbsp. sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1/2 cup of cake flour shopping list
- 1/4 tsp of salt shopping list
- 1 tsp of vanilla shopping list
- 1 tbsp of kirsch or Cointreau (orange is my favorite) shopping list
How to make it
- Crush the almonds into a powder.
- Combine the almond powder with the first 6 tbsp of sugar and the two eggs.
- Beat the mixture very well with a whip.
- Add the second 6 tbsp. of sugar and the last egg and continue beating the mixture until it is light and fluffy.
- Put the butter into a warm bowl and work with a wooden spoon until it is creamy.
- Cut and fold the butter into the almond mixture.
- Sift the cake flour and the salt and fold into the mixture.
- Add the chosen flavoring to the batter.
- Pout the batter into an 8 or 9 inch shallow cake pan that has been lined with parchment paper and buttered.
- Bake in slow 300 degree oven for 35-40 minutes.
- Turn the cake out on a rack to cool.
- Remove the paper and serve the cake with a dusting of powdered sugar.
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OH MY, this sounds so good! Thanks.
Betty
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in Winnipeg loved it
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Very nice twist with Cointreau - I think it would work the best! I have a similar recipe, without the orange liquor - I will try your version from now on!
elgab89
in Toronto loved it
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I absolutely love this cake! It's one of my favorite cakes, it is easy, tasty and does not need icing.
sunny
in Portland loved it
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