Bakewell (Almond) Cake

Bakewell (almond) Cake

Dry Ingredients

1.5  cup almond flour, sifted           2

1/2 cup plain flour                            3/4

2 tsp baking powder                        2.5

pinch of salt                                            1/4 tsp

1/2 tsp Cream of tartar (this is because the original recipe called for self rising flour) optional 

Zest of ½ lemon, finely grated optional      Zest of 1/2 lemon

Wet Ingredients

1/2 stick butter                                   3/4

 1/2 cup caster sugar                        3/4

2 eggs                                                        3

1 tsp vanilla essence 

2 1/2 tsp almond essence              3 tsp

2 to 3 tbl spoons milk or

1/4 cup of milk or just enough to make the consistency  of cake butter.  Note: not too thin

1/4 cup of finely sliced almonds for topping

2 tbl spoons Apricot jam plus 2 tsp water microwaved for 15 sec and stirred until the jam is thinned this is for glossing/brushing on to cake after it is baked

Method:

Cut parchment paper disk to cover bottom of a small baking pan and grease sides with butter

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl thoroughly with a hand whisk

Separate eggs

Cream butter and sugar with an electric whisk thoroughly until mixture is a lighter yellow. Whisk in first egg yolk thoroughly and then the second egg yolk into the butter mixture

Fold the the dry ingredient into the wet until incorporated but do not over mix.  Add the vanilla and almond essence and milk and mix thoroughly

Whisk egg whites to soft peaks then mix a quarter egg whites into mixture.  Gently fold in remainder.  try not to deflate 

Sprinkle sliced almonds on the cake dough and press down into  dough using a butter wrapper or wax paper until just submerged

Pour mixture into prepared baking pan.   Bake at 335 deg F for 25-30 mins (until skewer comes out dry).  

Slice cake in half and spread  Apricot jam mixture when cake is warm

Filling:  (see youtube Almond Coconut Cake (Raffaello cake) filling   

White chocolate melted in cream (or coconut milk) 

Whisk Cream cheese;  add cooled white chocolate mixture; whisk

Add Amaretto to Whisk cream  and sweeten with extra powdered sugar;  Add to Cream cheese chocolate mixture & whisk

Moisten cake slices with a mixture of milk.amaretto

Spread Filling.