A Swedish Almond cake!

Tosca Tarte

This is one cake I fell in love with by just the look of it. I started to bake this as soon as I finished watching Rachel Allen's recipe on my t.v set. The crunch, the taste, the look....just perfect!

Ingredients: 

The cake-

• 3 eggs
• 150g caster sugar
• 150g plain flour + for dusting
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2tsp Vanilla extract
• 3tbsp milk
• 75g butter(melted) + for greasing

The toppings-

• 50g butter
• 100g almond flakes
• 50g caster sugar
• 2tsp plain flour
• 4tbsp cream
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 3tbsp milk

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease the can tin and dust it with flour. 
2. Whisk together the eggs and the sugar for 5-7 minutes or until mousse like with an electric stand mixer or a hand held mixer. Sift in the flour and baking powder and pour in the vanilla extract, milk and melted butter, then fold everything in until combined. 
3. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out moist and not completely clean. (The mixture needs another 10 minutes of cooking) 
4. Increase the heat to 200C
5. Before the 30-35 minutes are up, make the topping. Place the butter in a pan over medium heat, as the butter begins to melt ass the remaining ingredients except for the milk and bring to boil allowing the mixture to bubble for a minute and remove from the flame and add the milk and mix well. 
6. After the cake is baked for 30-35 minutes, remove from the oven and spoon the almond topping evenly and place it back for another 10-15 minutes or until the topping is golden
7. Let the cake cool in the tin for about 10-15 minutes
8. With a sharp knife loosen around the edges and slide the cake out of the tin on to a plate and slice it! Ready to taste.