Almond Cake

Giada De Laurentiis

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

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Total Time:
50 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
30 min
Yield:
6 to 8 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup fine yellow cornmeal
  • 1/2 cup cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup almond paste, cut into half-inch pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup sour cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Butter and flour an 8-inch round cake pan.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, cake flour and baking powder. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and almond paste on high speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add vanilla extract and slowly pour in confectioners' sugar. Mix until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Raise speed to high and add the egg yolks and whole eggs, one at a time. Reduce speed to medium and add the sour cream and dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the surface with a spatula. Bake in the lower third of the oven for 35 minutes, or until the cake is golden and pulls away from the sides of the pan. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool. Remove from pan and dust with confectioners' sugar.

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  • on December 02, 2011

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    This is a fantastic recipe! I highly recommend making it. I am a moderately experienced baker though I am the first to admit I don't *love* to bake. I followed this recipe to a T (I used my KitchenAid mixer as specified, I hunted down almond paste and I bought cake flour from a specialty store and found that it came out very well. I've already made this recipe twice and always get rave reviews. Highly recommend.

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  • on January 22, 2011

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    This cake is delicious! It it light, fluffy, and flavorful. My family really enjoys almond flavored desserts and this hits the mark. It's wonderful.

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  • on December 31, 2010

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    I did not have sour cream so used yogurt instead and used the same anount of almond meal instead of corn meal, the rest were the same..it came out great!

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