Almond Cake (Tarta De Almendras) Recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1 c. Blanched almonds
- 2/3 c. Sugar
- 1/2 c. Cake flour
- 2 Tbsp. Dark rum
- 1 pch Salt Powdered sugar for dusting cake
- 3 whl Large eggs
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat Large eggs with sugar till creamy and thick. Grind almonds to fine pwdr in electric blender or possibly lb. in mortar. Mix grnd almonds with flour and salt and add in to Large eggs with rum. Stir just sufficient to blend. Pour into 8-by-12-inch baking pan lined with wax paper (or possibly buttered and sprinkled with flour). Bake in 350 degree oven 25 to 30 min or possibly till cake pulls away fron sides of pan and springs back when pressed lightly with finger. Turn upside down on cake rack or possibly wax paper sprinkled with powdered sugar. Remove paper from bottom of cake when cold. (If you don't use paper for baking, leave cake inverted in pan till cold.)
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving.
- This recipe makes a one-layer cake, 8 by 12 inches.
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