Simple and fast recipe. a favorite among fans of cheese cake. Finish with your preferred pie filling.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
- ⅔ cup heavy cream
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a loaf pan with wax paper, then spray with cooking spray.
- Place the butter into a heavy saucepan, and melt over medium heat. Allow the butter to simmer until foam rises to the top of the butter, 5 to 10 minutes. Gently skim away the foam and discard; pour the golden, clear layer of butter through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl to remove remaining milk solids, avoiding pouring any milk solids left in the bottom of the pan. Allow the clarified butter to cool.
- Beat sugar and egg with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the baking powder and almond extract. Stir in the clarified butter. Pour in the flour alternately with the cream in 2 or 3 installments, mixing until just incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 249 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 31 g |
| Cholesterol | 54 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 86 mg |
| Sugars | 21 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love this recipe – the flavor and texture is absolute wonderful – remind me of torta di mandorla – buonissima !
I love this recipe. Surprised that there aren’t more reviews on this one. It tastes like an almond shortbread cookie but in cake form. Lovely taste. Thanks
Absolutely fantastic! Rich in almond flavour and very moist! Thank you for this recipe!!
Very moist, delicious, and easy to make. Would be a great breakfast bread. Reminds me of an almond shortbread cookie.
This is a really sweet and simple almond cake. It is like a cake donut in texture, with a slightly crispy top. I glazed it while it was still warm, and even my husband, who doesn’t care for almond flavouring, liked it.