From the FG Recipe Files:
Swedish Almond Cake
Take a break with this sweet cake
From our file of favorites, we present the dessert of all holiday desserts: Swedish Almond Cake.
Take a little break from the holiday frenzy for something sweet, comforting and very rich, just the way a cake should be.
Grandma’s Swedish Almond Cake
- 3/4 cup melted unsalted butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
Topping
- Scant 1/2 cup unsalted butter cut into small chunks
- 3/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 Tb flour
- 2 Tb milk
Photo by Lindsey Stewart
Photo by Lindsey Stewart
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and dust 9 inch round dish.
- Whisk flour, baking powder and salt.
- Beat sugar and eggs for 2-3 minutes, reduce speed to low and add melted butter, milk and extracts.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to mixer on low.
- Pour batter into baking dish and bake for 35 minutes.
- During last 5 minutes of cooking, make topping. Mix topping ingredients in small sauce pan and heat over medium until small bubbles form. Reduce to low and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Remove cake from oven and pour topping over cake.
- Return cake to oven and bake for 15 minutes or until top is bubbly and beginning to turn golden.
- Remove cake from oven and let cool completely before slicing and serving.
Supplies
- Cooked and cooled gingerbread cookies in any shape (Cammy loves using her collection of vintage shapes)
- Royal icing
- New, clean paintbrushes
- Gel food coloring
- Small bowl of water
- Napkins or paper towels to blot
Instructions
- Ice cookies with a thin layer of royal icing. Let icing dry completely before painting.
- Mix a little gel food coloring with water to create the desired depth of color desired.
- Using a watercolor brush, apply food-color based watercolor "paint" to your cookies, rinsing the brush and blotting before changing colors.
- Let dry completely and serve!
Make this cake or our stylist’s creative twist on frosted gingerbread cookies and share with us
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