Amaretto Cake

13 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 250 g plain flour, sifted
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 220 g butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 220 g sugar, plus extra for sprinkling on the cake
  • 4 eggs
  • 50 g almonds, chopped
  • 50 g almonds, ground
  • 1 lemon, zest of
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 dash milk or 1 dash yoghurt
  • 200 g amaretti, crushed
  • 125 ml amaretto liqueur

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix and combine flour, baking powder and salt.
  2. 2
    Beat the butter and sugar together for 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
  3. 3
    Add the eggs one at a time, with a spoonful of the flour mixture between each addition.
  4. 4
    Add the chopped and ground almonds, the remaining flour, the lemon zest and vanilla extract. If the mixture is too thick add a little milk or yoghurt until it is a dropping consistency.
  5. 5
    Mix the amaretti biscuits and amaretto together in a separate bowl.
  6. 6
    Pour half the mixture into tin and level the surface with a palette knife until smooth. Place the crushed amaretti biscuits on top. Cover with the rest of the mixture and sprinkle the top with sugar. Bake in the oven at 160°C for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

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