French Style Almond Saffron Cake

French Style Almond Saffron Cake

Vegetarian

Basic Information

  • Servings: 12
  • Ready in: 45 minutes
  • Preparation time: -
  • Cooking time: -
  • Rating: 33.22
  • Health score: 2.00
  • Weight Watcher points: 17.00

Summary

French Style Almond Saffron Cake is a Mediterranean dessert. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 407 calories, 8g of protein, and 26g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. For 94 cents per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up cream, almond paste / 8 oz can almond paste, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is brought to you by Foodista. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 26%. Users who liked this recipe also liked Almond-Saffron Cake, Zucchini And Olive Breakfast Cake, French-style, and Gâteau Aux Noix, Or French-style Walnut Cake.

Ingredients

  • milk
    milk1 cup
  • saffron
    saffron0.5 teaspoon
  • all purpose flour
    all purpose flour2 cups
  • baking powder
    baking powder1 teaspoon
  • baking soda
    baking soda0.5 teaspoon
  • salt
    salt12 servings
  • butter
    butter1 cup
  • almond paste / 8 oz can almond paste
    almond paste / 8 oz can almond paste7 ounces
  • confectioners sugar
    confectioners sugar1 cup
  • eggs
    eggs5 large
  • cream
    cream8 ounces
  • orange zest
    orange zest1
Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 2 (8 inch) round cake pans and set aside.

Step 2

Heat milk on medium heat, add orange zest and saffron, bring to a gentle simmer and take off heat.

Step 3

Let cool.

Step 4

Sift flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder.

Step 5

Using a stand mixer cream butter and almond paste for 5 minutes. I cut up the almond paste to smaller pieces and added to mixer.

Step 6

Add confectioners sugar and beat till fluffy.

Step 7

Add in eggs, one at a time.

Step 8

Add in flour and sour cream alternately.

Step 9

Gently pour in saffron mixture and mix well.

Step 10

Divide batter between both prepared pans and bake for 30/40 minutes, test for doneness with a cake tester. I baked mined for 40 minutes.

Step 11

Serve with berries or dusted with confectioners sugar.

Categories

Cuisines: Mediterranean, French, European

Dish Types: dessert

Diets: lacto ovo vegetarian

Source Information

Source: Foodista

License: CC BY 3.0

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