Spiced Almond Cake
I love using ground almonds when baking. The inspiration for this almond cake came from a dessert I had in a Mediterranean restaurant last time I was in London. Greek yoghurt and a few spices are added to the almonds for an interesting Middle Eastern feel. This cake is also gluten free.
Ingredients
- 200 g ground almonds
- 180 g brown sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 70 g unsalted butter cold, cubed
- 1 egg
- ½ cup Plain Greek yoghurt
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cardamom seeds
- handful of raw unsalted whole almonds
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
- In a large bowl, mix ground almonds, brown sugar and salt. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- In a prepared cake tin (lined with baking paper or greaseproof), put half of the almond mixture and press down to create a base.
- Add spices, egg and yoghurt in the remaining mixture and combine well.
- Pour over the almond base in the tin. Smooth the top and decorate with whole almonds.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes.
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