Almond Cake
Ingredients
for the cake
- 95 g butter
- 95 g fructose
- 2 eggs, separated
- 5 mls ground cinnamon
- 5 mls vanilla paste
- 85 g ground almonds
- zest of 1 orange
- 50 g flour
for the cream
- 80 mls cream
- 50 g flaked almonds
- 3 drops orange essential oil - optional
Method
- preheat the oven to 160° Celsius
- grease a small rectangular baking dish
- cream the butter and the fructose together
- add the egg yolks, the ground cinnamon and the vanilla paste and mix well
- stir in the ground almonds and the zest
- beat the egg whites to soft peaks and fold into the mixture
- sift in the flour and mix with a wooden spoon until everything is just combined
- pour the batter into the dish and bake for 30 minutes
- allow the cake to cool while you whip the cream and toast the almonds
- fold the toasted almonds into the cream and mix in the essential oil
- serve some of the cream with a slice of the cake