Almond Cake

Prep: 30min
| Servings: 1 | Cook: 1h
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This almond cake is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the Baking category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs (medium)
  • 125 g sugar
  • 125 g soft butter
  • 2 packets vanilla sugar
  • 0.5 untreated lemon (zest and juice)
  • 250 g ground almonds
  • 50 g flour
  • 0.5 packet Baking powder
  • 4 tbsp almond liqueur (optional)
  • powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Separate the eggs. Whip the egg whites until stiff, letting 1/3 of the sugar fall in. Cream the butter. Gradually add the remaining sugar, vanilla sugar, yolks, lemon zest and juice, whisking into a creamy batter. Mix the almonds with flour and baking powder and fold in. Fold in the beaten egg whites.

  2. 2.

    Line the bottom of a springform pan with parchment paper. Pour in the batter. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for about an hour. If the cake darkens, cover it with foil. Optionally drizzle hot almond liqueur over the warm cake. Dust with powdered sugar.