“French Almond Cake is a fluffy and moist cake made with almond flour, yogurt, oil. The reipe calls for few ingredients which can be made in a jiffy. Almond flour in the cake makes it super moist. The cake has a almondy aroma which fills the house when baked.”
French Almond Cake has the unique flavor of ground almonds. The almond extract added in the cake will adds so much more aroma to the cake.
A financier is a small French almond cake, flavoured with beurre noisette, usually baked in a small mold. Light and moist with a crisp, eggshell-like exterior, the traditional financier also contains egg whites, flour, and powdered sugar. The molds are usually small rectangular loaves.
This is a almond cake similar to financier, but it is made in a large cake mould as a whole cake.
HOW TO BAKE CAKE IN A PRESSURE COOKER
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Preheat a pressure cooker or any pot for 5 mins.
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Place a little separator at the bottom of the pot.
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Place the cake pan over it. cover with lid and cook on very low heat until baked.
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If you are using pressure cooker for baking, don’t use whistle and the rubber gasket. Else it may melt.
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Alternatively you could add some salt or sand in the bottom of the pot or pressure and place the cake pan over it and bake.
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HOW TO MAKE ALMOND CAKE AT HOME
- Ingredients: Gather all your ingredients. Lets make some french almond cake. Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature.
- The Baking Pan: I used a round cake pan for baking the cake. You can use square cake pan or mini muffin pans as well.
- Wet Ingredients: mix together yogurt, oil, sugar, extract till combined.
- Dry Ingredients: mix together flour, almond flour, salt, baking powder. gently combine these ingredients.
- Bake the Cake: sprinkle sliced almonds over the cake and bake till golden and cooked.
- Serve: you can serve the cake warm or at room temperature with a dollop of ice cream or whipped cream.
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Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Spatula
- oven
Ingredients
- ½ cup almond flour
- ¾ cup all purpose flour | maida
- ⅓ cup curd | plain unflavoured yogurt
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp almond extract
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degree c / 350 degree F. Line a 8 inch round cake pan with parchment paper and grease the sides with oil and set aside.
- Take yogurt, oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla and almond extract in a bowl and mix well.
- Add in baking powder and mix well.
- Add in almond flour and regular flour and fold gently.
- Spoon this into the cake pan and gently spread it evenly.
- Top with sliced almonds and pop it into the oven and bake for 25 to 30 mins till it is golden and completely cooked.
- Remove it from oven and leave it to cool for 10 mins.
- Now unmould it gently and serve.
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Notes
- If you don't have almond flour on hand. You could take 1/3 cup of whole almonds and powder in a blender till fine and use it.
- Never over mix the batter else it may get hard and dense.
- Almond extract is optional, you can skip it if you don't have it.
- Instead of oil, you can use melted butter.
HOW TO BAKE FRENCH ALMOND CAKE IN A PRESSURE COOKER
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Preheat a pressure cooker or any pot for 5 mins.
-
Place a little separator at the bottom of the pot.
-
Place the cake pan over it. cover with lid and cook on very low heat until baked.
-
If you are using pressure cooker for baking, don't use whistle and the rubber gasket. Else it may melt.
-
Alternatively you could add some salt or sand in the bottom of the pot or pressure and place the cake pan over it and bake.
BAKE AHEAD, STORAGE & FREEZING
French Almond Cake can be stored at room temperature for 3 to 4 days. Cakes can be stored in fridge for a week. You can freeze them for upto a month. Thaw the cakes in fridge overnight before serving.STORAGE SUGGESTIONS
You could store the almond cake at room temperature for 2 to 3 days. Store it in a air tight container in fridge for over a week.SERVING SUGGESTIONS
You can serve this cake warm with a dollop of greek yogurt or vanilla ice cream.Nutrition
Pictorial:
1)Gather all your ingredients. Lets make some french almond cake. Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature.
2)Line a round cake pan with parchment paper, grease the sides with oil and set aside.
3)Take yogurt in a bowl. Use unflavoured plain yogurt
4)Add in oil. I used vegetable oil. You could use melted butter too.
5)Add in sugar
6)Season with a pinch of salt. salt in a cake balances the flavour.
7)Add in almond extract
8)Mix well
9)Add in eggs
10)Add in almond flour and mix well
11)Add in baking powder
12)Add in plain flour
13)Fold gently
14)Spoon the batter into the cake pan
15)Top with sliced almonds
16)Bake till done
17)Serve
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