Scandinavian
Almond Cake
Ingredients:
½ cup salted butter, melt and strain through cheese cloth
(or coffee filter). Throw away milk
solids and use only clarified part
1-1/4 cups sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon almond extract
2/3 cup half-and-half
1-1/4 cups flour
¼ cup sliced almonds (optional)
Directions:
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.
Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray and line the
long side of the pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
3.
Mix the sugar with the egg in a bowl. Beat them together until fluffy.
4.
Add the baking powder and almond extract. Mix well.
5.
Add the cooled clarified butter to the sugar
mix. Add half of the cream and mix it
in. Add half of the flour and mix it
in. Now add the rest of the cream and
mix; then add the rest of the flour and mix thoroughly.
6.
Put the almonds in the bottom of the loaf pan
and then pour the batter over it.
7.
Bake the cake for 50-70 minutes, or until a
toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
8.
Let the loaf pan sit on a wire rack or a cold
burner for 15 minutes. Then loosen the
cake from the short sides of the pan with a metal spatula or knife. Tip the cake out onto a pretty platter, and then
remove the parchment paper.
9.
Let cake cool and then dust the top with powdered
sugar (optional).
