Author :: Mrs Liz
Category :: Sweets For The Sweet
Ingredients ::
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- dash salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
- Almond Topping
- Almond Topping:
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Makes: 1 cake (serves 6 to 8)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Baking time: about 40 minutes
In a bowl beat eggs and sugar until thick and pale; beat in vanilla.
In another bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this to the egg mixture and mix to blend.
Scald milk in a small saucepan. Add butter, stirring until melted. Add milk mixture to the flour mixture, mixing just enough to blend. Pour batter into a greased 8 inch spring-form pan.
Bake at 350 degrees until top of cake is well browned and cake tests done when a wooden pick is inserted at center, about 35 minutes.
Spread lightly and evenly with Almond Topping. Place about 6 inches below broiler unit and broil until topping bubbles and browns, 3 to 5 minutes.
Let cake cool on a wire rack about 5 minutes. Then loosen edge and remove pan sides.
Almond Topping:
In a small pan, mix butter or margarine, sugar, almonds, flour and milk. Bring mixture to boiling, stirring. Spread warm over cake.
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