Almond Cake

Neuza Costa

15 May, 2023

This cake is very simple and extremely delicious.
You can make it with almond flour with or without skin.
If you don't have it, you can always grind the almonds in a grinder.
You can also make it with other nuts such as walnuts and hazelnuts.
You can fill it with egg jam, whipped cream, chocolate ganache, brigadeiro, butter cream, or another filling of your choice.
This cake is the most used here at home for birthday cakes.

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 250 g (8.8 oz) of almond flour, with or without skin
• 250 g (8.8 oz) of sugar
• 1 round baking pan with a 24 cm (9.5 inch) diameter, previously greased with butter, lined with a sheet of parchment paper and again greased with butter.
• Butter
• Parchment paper

Instructions

1. 1
   Break the eggs and separate the yolks from the whites.
   Add the sugar to the yolks and beat until it becomes a whitish egg yolk cream with bubbles.

   Mark as done
2. 2
   Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.

   Mark as done
3. 3
   With the egg yolk cream, slowly and alternately fold in the almond flour and the egg whites.
   Pour the dough into the baking pan.

   Mark as done
4. 4
   Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (356 °F) and let it cook for 40 minutes.
   After that time, remove it, take it out of the pan, and let it cool.

   Mark as done

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