Scandinavian Almond Cake Food

SCANDINAVIAN ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Beat sugar, egg, extract, and milk together.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder.
• Combine the two mixtures and add melted butter.
• Mix well.
• Grease loaf pan and sprinkle with sliced almonds. Pour in batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes. Edges must be golden brown. Cool in pan before removing. Cake will break if removed too soon!
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

SCANDINAVIAN ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Spray a loaf pan with Pam and line the long side of the pan with parchment paper and spray with Pam.
• Mix the sugar with the egg in a bowl. Beat them together together until fluffy.
• Add the baking powder and almond extract. Mix well.
• Add the cooled clarified butter to the the sugar mix. Add half of the cream and mix and mix it inches Add half of the flour and mix it in . Now add the rest of the cream and mix and then add the rest of the flour and mix thoroughly.
• Put the almonds in the bottom of the loaf pan and then pour the batter over it.
• Bake the cake for 50-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 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 on a pretty platter, and remove the parchment paper. Let it cool and then dust the top with powdered sugar if you wish.

SCANDINAVIAN ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray pan with cooking spray/Pam and flour.
• Beat sugar, egg, extract, and milk well. Add flour and baking powder. Add butter.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes. Edges must be golden brown.
• Cool in pan overnight before removing. Cake will break if removed too soon.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar.

TOSCAKAKA / TOSCA CAKE (SWEDISH ALMOND CAKE)

Steps:

• For Cake:.
• Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Sift 1 cup plus 1 tablespoons of flour with baking powder and salt.
• Stir in flour mixture alternately with cream, stir until well blended.
• Add melted butter or margarine, blend until smooth.
• Butter a pie plate and sprinkle with fine, dry breadcrumbs or flour; coat well. Spoon batter into 9" pie plate. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until middle of cake is firm.
• For Almond Sugar Topping:.
• Combine almonds with remaining ingredients in a small saucepan. Heat, stirring until mixture begins to bubble.
• Remove from heat and stir briskly a few times.
• Spread top of cake very gently with Topping.
• Turn up heat to 375 degrees, return cake to oven and bake 5-10 minutes longer, with a cookie sheet under the pan to prevent the bottom of cake from getting overdone. bake cake until topping is brown and bubbly.

TRADITIONAL SWEDISH ALMOND CAKE SLICES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Beat sugar, egg, almond extract and milk together. Add flour and baking powder, then cinnamon, finally adding the butter.
• Spray baking dish (approx. 10" by 7") with spray oil or any non-stick coating. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until skewer or toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
• Cool for 20 minutes, then remove from pan.
• When ready to serve dust with icing sugar and cut cake into slices approximately 1" by 3.5".