Almond Cake

Preparation

• 1
  Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature.
• 2
  Grease your cake tin using 2 tbsp of unsalted butter. Sprinkle the blanched almonds over the butter making sure it covers the entire base of the cake tin. Set aside.
• 3
  In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients i.e. all purpose flour, baking powder, and almond powder.
• 4
  In another bowl, beat together the caster sugar and unsalted butter until it forms a creamy mixture.
• 5
  Add the eggs one by one, followed by the golden syrup. Beat again until all ingredients are well-combined.
• 6
  Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and fold the batter with the help of a spatula.
• 7
  Once the dry ingredients have incorporated well into the mixture, add the ricotta cheese and fold the batter again until well-combined.
• 8
  Pour the batter over the blanched almonds in your cake tin.
• 9
  Bake at 180 degrees until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• 10
  Allow the cake to cool completely on a wire rack.
• 11
  Once the cake has cooled, turn the tin upside down and gently remove the base of the tin.