Photo: Almond Cake Recipe
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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By brigantinebeachbumb
on November 29, 2012
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I made this cake because my husband loves almond, I can say this is the best cake we have ever tasted! Thank you! Gonna be a huge hit for Christmas gifts! Victoria. A helpful hint shredding the almond paste makes it so much better to mix! :
By sa715
San Francisco, CA
on June 16, 2012
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My product was very yellow. I made this last week and half of it is still sitting in the kitchen. When something is very good it tends to only last a couple of days... I followed the recipe and it came out very dry. I love almond paste, and I was hoping this would be a keeper, but for me it won't be unless I find some way to make if more moist.
By JLLinNY
New York
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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