OPEN FACE FOOD SHOP: LENE'S DANISH ALMOND CAKES

Category: Restaurants & Reviews
Published on Sunday, 20 October 2019 20:50
Written by D.V. LAWRENCE

makes 12 


Oct19lena2INGREDIENTS

Dry ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder 
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt


Wet ingredients:
6 oz melted butter
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk

½ tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup toasted sliced almonds


-  Grease muffin tin with butter or use paper liners.

-  Place half of the toasted almonds in each muffin tin.

-  Sift dry ingredients together.

-  Whisk wet ingredients and fold into dry.

-  Divide batter into pans and sprinkle almonds on top.

-  Bake 20-25 min at 425º, until toothpick comes out clean.

At the restaurant we like cardamom poached apricots but I also like serving the almond cakes with berries and lemon curd.