====== Almond Cake ====== 

Tags: [[dessert]] - [[cake]] - [[vegetarian]] \\ 
Active Time: 15 minutes \\ 
Passive Time: 50 minutes \\ 
Serves: 8-10 \\

====Description====
Delicious, rich almond cake that's quite simple to make

====Source====
[[https://www.davidlebovitz.com/almond-cake-recipe/|David Lebovitz]]

====Ingredients====
  *Granulated white sugar: 265 g (1 1/3 cup)
  *Almond Paste: 225 g (8 oz) \\ \\ 
  *All-purpose flour: 140 g (1 cup) \\ \\ 
  *Unsalted butter: 8 oz, room temperature, cubed
  *Vanilla extract: 1 tsp
  *Almond extract: 1 tsp \\ \\ 
  *Eggs: 6, large, room temperature \\ \\ 
  *Baking Powder: 1.5 tsp
  *Salt: 3/4 tsp

====Notes====
  *The almond paste I've found has been in 7oz packages and has worked just fine, despite being 1 oz short
  *Place something under the pan while baking - it tends to overflow a bit

====Instructions====
  -Preheat oven to 325F
  -Grease 9 or 10 inch springform pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping out the excess
  -Add sugar, almond paste, and 35 g (1/4 cup) flour to food processor. Blend until it form a homogenous fine-grain sand
  -Add butter, vanilla extract, and almond extract to food processor. Blend until very smooth and fluffy
  -Add eggs to food processor one at a time, pulsing a bit after each one to smoothly blend them in
  -Mix together 105 g (3/4 cup) flour, baking powder, and salt in bowl
  -Add half of bowl to food processor, pulse a few times, then add the rest, pulsing until just incorporated. Do not overmix
  -Scrape batter into cake pan and bake for 50-80 min or until top is deep brown and center is set. A knife
  -inserted into the center should come out mostly clean
  -Run a knife around the edge of the cake pan to loosen the sides and let the cake cool completely in the pan before removing


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