Cakes & Bakes: Almond loaf cake

Home-made almond loaf cake | H is for Home

Today’s almond loaf cake wasn’t meant to happen; Justin requested a coconut cake that he could have with an afternoon cup of tea. We didn’t have any dessicated coconut in the store cupboard, and it was out of stock when I went to by some from the supermarket.

Almond loaf cake batter in a a tin

A snap decision in Morrison’s saw me pick up a bag of ground almonds instead… and what a good decision that turned out to be.

Cooked almond loaf cake in its tin | H is for Home

A last-minute, quick, basic wet & dry recipe that turned out to be taste triumph!

Preparing to pipe chocolate on to almond loaf cake

A little drizzle of chocolate finished it off nicely.

Home-made almond loaf cake | H is for Home

A new one for my afternoon tea cake repertoire!

Home-made almond loaf cake | H is for Home

Almond loaf cake

Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 175 g/6oz + 1tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 150 g/5oz butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp almond essence
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 125 g/4½oz plain flour
  • tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 150 g/5oz ground almonds
  • 50 g/2oz dark chocolate

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 175ºC/325°F/Gas mark
  • Grease a 450g/1lb loaf tin
  • Cream the butter and sugar together
  • Beat in the eggs one at a time until well combined
  • Stir in the almond essence and the milk
  • In another mixing bowl, sieve together the flour, ground almonds, baking powder and salt
  • Stir this into the wet ingredients in three batches, stirring well after each addition
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf tin, levelling out using a spatula or back of the spoon
  • Sprinkle the tablespoon of sugar evenly over the top
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes away clean
  • Allow to cool in the tin for at least half an hour
  • Break up the chocolate into a small heat-proof bowl
  • Melt in a bain-marie or in 10-second bursts in a microwave
  • Make a piping bag out of a triangle of parchment paper, fill with the melted chocolate and zig-zag over the top of the cake
  • Serve
Almond loaf cake ingredients
Keyword almond, cake, loaf cake

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