Almond Cake

Almond Cake

Ingredients for Almond cake (yield 1 loaf) 120g all-purpose (plain flour) 120g butter, room temperature 3 egg yolks 120g sugar one handful of ground almond 2/3 pack of Lievito pane degli angeli (leavening agent) 1/2 can of Almond fillinga pinch of salt some milk, room temperature

Directions: Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add yolks, one at a time, mix to coperate.In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, ground nuts, lievito and salt. Scoop in 1/3 of the butter mixture, and some milk, mix well; then another 1/3, and milk, mix well; then the last 1/3, and milk, mix to combine. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan, pour in half of the batter, spread the almond filling, then pour in the rest of batter.Bake in a pre-heat oven 335F about 40 minutes.