Almond Cake
Ingredients
Ingredients for 1 Torte (10in (26 cm) diameter)
- 9 oz 250 g Marzipan paste
- 2 tbsp plus 1 tsp 35 ml Water
- 7 Egg yolks
- Dash of salt
- Dash of vanilla sugar
- Lemon zest
- 6 Egg whites
- ⅔ cup 140 g Granulated sugar
- ¾ cup 100 g Flour
- ¼ cup 35 g Cornstarch
- 2¾ tbsp 40 g Clarified butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 340 °F (170 °C).
- Knead the marzipan well with water then cream with egg yolks, salt, vanilla sugar, and lemon zest.
- Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks with the granulated sugar and combine with the marzipan mixture.
- Sift the flour and cornstarch together and carefully fold in.
- Last, mix in the clarified butter.
- Bake for about 50 minutes.
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