Almond Macaroon Cake

Ingredients for Almond Macaroon Cake:

6 oz caster sugar

6 oz butter

5 oz flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 oz almonds ground (not blanched)

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

For Macaroon Topping :

2 egg whites

4 oz caster sugar

3 oz almonds, ground (not blanched)

½ tsp almond essence

Method :

For the cake, beat butter, sugar, eggs and fold in flour and baking

powder, almonds ground and essence. 

Pour in a greased and lined 6” tin and bake at 180 degrees C for 30 minutes or till done. 

Remove and put topping and re-bake. 

For the topping:

Mix egg white, caster sugar, ground almonds in a pan and cook till thick.

Keep stirring constantly.

Add essence and mix till bubbles appear, cool slightly. 

Pour on the cake and bake at 150 degrees C for another 15 minutes or till a crisp macaroon layer is formed on top.

Almond Macaroon Cake by Zarnak Sidhwa