Italian Almond Cake and Almond Cookies
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup of margarine
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 188 g All purpose flour
- Topping:
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 cup of SLICED almonds
Directions
Note: To make for Passover- for 1.5 cups flour (188 grams) you would use 1/2 cup matzo cake meal and 1/2 cup potato starch (total 1 cup)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Melt margarine
Pour melted margarine in a bowl and stir in sugar. Stir it.
Add eggs
Stir till creamy.
Add all other ingredients (but not the topping ingredients!).
Grease bottom and sides of pan, use a springform.
Spread the batter in the pan.
Sprinkle the almonds over the top and add sprinkle the sugar.
Bake for 40 mins.
My Notes
To make cookies- add 3/4 cup( 96 grams) additional flour and 3/4 cup ground almonds (or 1.5 cups flour) and 1 tsp baking powder. Use cookie scoop and put on cookie tray. Put one almond in middle of each cookie if desired. Bake at 350 for 12-13 minutes. Makes 24-28 cookies
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