Buttered Almond Cake

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
  • Yield: 10-12 pieces
  • About This Recipe

    “Tastes and looks great…another magazine ‘find'”

    Ingredients

  • 125gbutter
  • 1cupsugar
  • 2eggs
  • 3/4 cupmilk
  • 2cupsflour
  • 4teaspoonsbaking powder
  • Topping

  • 50gbutter
  • 1/4 cupsugar
  • 1 (70g) packets sliced almonds
  • 2tablespoonsmilk
  • Directions

  • This recipe uses a loose-bottom cake tin.
  • If you dont have one, Fold two long pieces of baking paper and cross them over the base of the cake tin at right angles.
  • Then lift cake out when it is cooked.
  • Place butter and sugar in a saucepan large enough to mix all the ingredients and heat until butter melts.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Beat eggs and milk together.
  • Add to saucepan with sifted flour and baking powder.
  • Mix with a wooden spoon until combined.
  • Pour mixture into a baking paper-lined 20cm round loose-bottom cake tin.
  • Bake at 180C degrees for 40 minutes.
  • Spread topping over and cook a further 10-15 minutes or until the cake is cooked.
  • Leave in tin for 10 minutes before lifting out.
  • ————Topping————-(?.
  • Place butter, sugar and almonds in a saucepan.
  • Heat, stirring until the sugar melts.
  • Add milk.
  • Bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes.
  • Reviews

  • “Very nice cake, and easy to make as well. My husband liked it and asked for another slice! I baked it in a 9×9 pan and got 16 servings .. Thanks for sharing!”

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