Almond Croissant Cake

Steps8

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   Step 1. Preheat the oven

   Preheat the oven to 175 °C (350 °F) top/bottom heat. Grease the springform pan or line it with parchment paper.

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   Step 2. Make the frangipane

   For the frangipane, cream the soft butter with the sugar. Add the egg, ground almonds, flour, and vanilla, and mix into a firm, pipeable cream. Fill into a piping bag and chill briefly so it becomes nice and stable.

   Almond flour
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   Step 3. Make the cake batter

   For the cake batter, beat the soft butter with the sugar until light and creamy. Mix in the eggs one at a time. Combine the flour with the baking powder and stir in alternately with the milk and vanilla until you have a smooth batter.

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   Step 4. Pour the batter

   Pour the cake batter into the pan and smooth the top.

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   Step 5. Pipe the frangipane

   Pipe the frangipane on top in thick lines. If some is left, pipe a second layer on top - nice and thick.

   Butter
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   Step 6. Sprinkle the almonds

   Sprinkle with sliced almonds.

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   Step 7. Bake the cake

   42m 30s

   Bake for about 40-45 minutes, until the cake is golden brown and baked through (toothpick test in the cake batter part).

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   Step 8. Cool and dust

   Let cool slightly, remove from the pan, and dust with powdered sugar.