Almond Cake

This is an all-made-from-scratch Almond Cake my Italian grandmother made for us back in the 1960s.

The cake recipe came from her Italian mother she learned to make this in Rome, Italy.

Although the cake is revised with a little drizzle of icing just for decoration, nothing was on her original cake, and was baked on a  very plain simple pie plate pan.

Through the years we adapted her recipe just a bit for presentation, you can make the simplicity of this by just leaving it topped with sugar and sliced almonds.

This can is rich in almond flavor and the perfect snack cake any time of the day!

Easy Steps for Almond Cake Recipe

1. grease a prepared pie plate, mini bundt pans or a square cake pan
2. cream the sugar and butter till light
3. add the eggs
4. stir in the flour and almond extract
5. garnish with sugar and almonds
6. bake at 350 for 45 minutes
7. cool and glaze if desire

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Easy Steps for Almond Cake Recipe

This cake is a very delicious cake great with coffee, tea, and especially espresso on a Sunday afternoon after an Italian meal.

Almond Scratch Cake

Yield: 12

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 45 MinTotal time: 55 Min

This is a very dense delicious almond-flavored cake made in the 1940s.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup of softened butter
• 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
• 3 teaspoons almond extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• Garnish before baking with sliced almonds is optional
• Glaze:
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon almond extract
• water to make a thin free-flowing icing (1 tablespoon at a time)
• maraschino cherries and sliced almonds for garnish is optional

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a small baking dish either an 8-inch or 9-inch pie plate or square pan, mini small bundt pans, or fudge style pan (or line with parchment paper to the flat style pans.
3. Beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy around 3 minutes.
4. Beat in the eggs until combined evenly.
5. Stir in the flour, extract to combine then pour into the prepared pan.
6. Sprinkle the top with sliced almonds and more granulated sugar.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for around 45 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

350.31

Fat (grams)

12.48

Sat. Fat (grams)

7.54

Carbs (grams)

57.3

Fiber (grams)

0.44

Net carbs

56.86

Sugar (grams)

45.02

Protein (grams)

2.67

Sodium (milligrams)

103.8

Cholesterol (grams)

57.78

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