French Almond Cake Recipes

FINANCIER CAKE (FRENCH ALMOND CAKES)

Steps:

• Make the brown butter by melting the butter until it has attained a nice brown colour and it smells like hazelnut. Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks.
• In a bowl mix the almond flour, the flour, the baking powder, and powdered sugar. Add the egg whites and whisk until they have incorporated into the batter. Whisk in the brown butter.
• Pre-heat the oven to 180 C°. Butter your moulds using melted butter. Using a piping bag fill the moulds with the financier batter up to ¾. Leave a space between the rim of the mould and the batter. Add some sliced almonds on top of every financier.
• Bake until golden. About 12 minutes. Remove from the pan and let them cool down at room temperature over a wire rack. Enjoy!

FINANCIERS (FRENCH ALMOND TEA CAKES)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven on 160'C/325'F and grease a Financier Pan (see note 1). Optionally, flour the pan too.
• Mak the Brown Butter: place your butter in a small saucepan and turn on low to medium low heat. Cook until the butter has completely melted and starts to get foamy. Keep on cooking, occasionally stirring, the melted butter starts to turn golden and releases a nutty aroma, and you can see small brown specks at the bottom of the saucepan (see note 2). It should take about 5 to 8 minutes. Set aside to cool down.
• In a large bowl, sift together the Flour, Almond Meal, Icing Sugar and Salt. Mix to combine.
• In a separate bowl, lightly whisk the Egg Whites until slightly froathy (see note 3).
• Add the cooled Brown Butter, Egg Whites and Vanilla to the dry ingredients. Whisk until just combined.
• Place the batter in a piping bag and pipe into a Financier Pan (or simply spoon/scoop it). Spread with the back of a spoon if needed, then top with Flaked Almonds (optional).
• Bake for about 20min, or until lightly golden. Take out of the oven and leave for about 10 minutes before removing from the financier pan (see note 4). Leave on a cooling rack until cold

FRENCH ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Crumble marzipan into a large bowl of an electric mixer. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended. Then beat at high speed until thick, light, and about doubled in volume, about 15 minutes. Beat in kirsch. Sift flour and cornstarch over batter; gently fold in. Pour melted butter over batter; gently fold until blended. Generously butter the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup sliced almonds evenly over the pan bottom. Carefully pour batter into the pan. Bake in a 325 degree oven until cake just begins to pull from the pan sides and feels firm when lightly pressed in the center, 30-35 minutes. Pierce hot cake with a wooden pick, spacing holes about 1/2 inch apart. Pour lemon glaze (stir together 1/4 cup lemon juice and 1 cup powdered sugar) over cake reserving 3 Tbs. Let cake cool in pan and then invert onto a serving plate. Spoon the remaining glaze evenly over the top. Cover and let stand at room temperature up to overnight. Can be frozen.

FRENCH ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8 inch square pan.
• Combine butter and sugar in mixing bowl; beat until light and fluffy. Add almonds; beat 1 minute. Add eggs one at a time mixing between each addition. Add baking powder and flavorings. Gently fold in flour; 1 tbsp at a time. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 40-45 minutes until a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, when cool.