There cake with pine nuts and almonds is a simple, homemade dessert with an easy recipe. Perfect for the Breakfast with the classic latte or a snack with a cup of tea. A slice like dessert it will be even more delicious if accompanied by custard.
Ingrediants
- 170 g of flour 00
- 150 g of clarified butter
- 160 g of granulated sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 4 yolks
- the peel of 1 untreated lemon
- 30 g of sliced almonds
- 30 g of pine nuts
- 2 level teaspoons of baking powder
- powdered sugar
- bread crumbs
There cake with pine nuts and almonds is a delicious cupboard dessert. A soft and fragrant cake, with a crunchy surface, which is a pleasure to enjoy at any time of the day: from Breakfast, at the snack until it becomes a dessert, when served lukewarm with custard.
The recipe for making it is simple and does not require long processing times, especially if you will use a pair of electric whips to perfectly mount the frothed butter with sugar, a fundamental step to ensure fragrance to cake with pine nuts and almonds. In this dessert, the clarified butter, or the result of an ancient procedure to remove the water and casein from the butter and thus obtain a pure, more digestible fat. It is sold in supermarkets, but you can also make ghee at home.
Whether they are very simple or very elaborate, desserts with dried fruit are always greedy and an exquisite way to recharge your batteries. If you are also passionate about it, try all the recipes of the Spoon, from the great classics such as the sbrisolona cake to the original lime and pine nut cheesecake tart.
OTHER DELICIOUS RECIPES: Almond cake, Lemon and almond cake, Fig and pine nut cake
How to prepare: Cake with pine nuts and almonds
- Execution
- easy
- Preparation time
- 15 min
- Cooking time
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35 min
- Portions
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6 – 8
How to prepare: Cake with pine nuts and almonds
To prepare the cake with pine nuts and almonds, start working the soft butter with the sugar until the mixture is smooth and fluffy. Add whole egg and incorporate it perfectly.
Then add the egg yolks, one at a time, and then the sifted flour with the baking powder and the grated rind of the lemon.
Mix well and obtain a mixture without lumps, pour it into a springform pan, 22 cm in diameter, greased and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Spread the sliced almonds and pine nuts on the surface and cook in a preheated oven at 180 ° for about 35 minutes. To check the cooking, insert a wooden toothpick into the cake which must come out dry and clean. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool before removing it from the mold.
Turn out onto a serving dish and sprinkle with a little icing sugar. The cake with pine nuts and almonds can be served either warm or cold.
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