Almond layer cake

So I made a cake.... It's almond cake :) hopefully I can mess around with it a little to get it perfected It was still really good though :D Here's the recipe and some pictures... It ended up being a heavier cake and I would have liked it to be fluffier but this was way way better than I thought it'd turn out.

Almond layer Cake with whipped cream frosting. :) topped with strawberries and crushed almonds
makes 1 full cake serves around 10


Makes 2, 9 in. round layer cakes,
1 1/2 sticks butter and extra (for coating pans..or spray)  at room temperature
2 cups Flour (sifted)
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1 T baking powder
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 large eggs beaten
1 cup almond milk
1 1/2 T vanilla

preheat oven to 350 f. Use butter to coat the bottom and sides of two 9 inch round cake pans.Flour the pans.. shake to distribute, then tap out excess flour. Set aside.
2. into a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. put aside for later... Put the sugar in a bowl and set aside also.
 blend the eggs. Stir together the almond milk and vanilla. Set the eggs and almond milk aside
3. Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment in place, cream the 3/4 cup of butter on medium speed for 1 min
4. With the mixer still running add the sugar then stop it and scrape the sides with a spatula
Return the mixer to medium and continue creaming the butter and sugar for 5 more minutes. The mixture should become fluffyish. ;)
5. With the mixer still running, add the beaten egg.
6. Turn the mixer off, add the flour and almond milk mixture slowly. Run the machine to incorporate.
7. Divide the batter between the cake pans.Use a rubber spatula to spread the batter.
8. Bake the cakes for 35 minutes, until golden on to, insert a toothpick into the middle if it comes out clean your cake is done.
9. Cool the cakes till room temp. fill with strawberry mousse, then frost with whipped cream frosting and top with strawberries and/or raspberries and crushed almonds.  I topped mine with cuties and strawberries (didn't have almonds :)

 Strawberry mousse filling
2 Tbsp Grape Juice
1 1/4 tsp unflavored gelatin
1 pint sized container Strawberries or raspberries
1/4 c sugar
1/2 c heavy cream, chilled

 

Put the juice in a small bowl and sprinkle the gelatin over it. Set aside.

Wash and pat the strawberries dry with a dish towel. Hull and cut enough berries into small pieces enough to make a little more than a cup.
Put the strawberries in a small skillet and add the sugar, stirring to combine. Heat over medium heat, stirring just until the sugar has melted. Remove from the heat and add the juice, stirring, until the gelatin has dissolved. Pour into a mixing bowl put in fridge to cool about 1 hour.
While the strawberry mixture cools, whip the 1/2 cup cream using a stand mixer or hand-held mixer until soft peaks form.mix together with the strawberry mixture. This is to put between the cake layers. Pretty much all of whipped cream frosting are really close or pretty much the same. At least all those I looked at. So I just picked one from a cookbook instead of making my own. you can use your favorite for this recipe also! here it is :)

Whipped cream frosting:
1 1/2 cups heavy cream, chilled
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract


For the frosting, combine the cream, sugar and vanilla in a bowl. Then whip using a stand mixer until done. Refrigerate the cream until ready to use. here are pics of the cake in progress and the finished product!

Finished and yuuuummmmy! :D



We had some extra filling left over so a cute little snack we made ;D