Friday, December 24, 2010

A tasty treat for all of you...

A treasured recipe all dolled up for the season. Merry Christmas!

Almond Cake
Ingredios
1 Tube Almond Paste
1 Stick butter
½ c Sugar
3 eggs
1tsp Almond Extract
1/2c Sifted Flour

Ganache Top
1 pkg Dove Chocolate (dark or milk)
Dove spreads better than Hersheys though Godiva may work just as well
1/4c Whipping Cream
1Tbsp Butter

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In food processor, combine almond paste, butter and sugar. Mix until puffy. Add extract. Mix. Beat in 1 egg at a time. Once mixed together, slowly add flour. Phase the flour in. Grease an 8” pan, line with parchment paper on the bottom. Pour batter into pan, bake for 30-35 minutes.

Let cool.

For the top, melt the chocolate, whipping cream and butter in the microwave in 30 second intervals. Spread on top of cake.

This picture does nothing for the cake


A slice of heaven that tastes like almond


Enjoy!

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