Almond cake: a soft dessert in many delicious variations.

The almond cake is an ideal dessert to enjoy with the whole family at breakfast: a classic sweet, simple, and genuine, prepared with the same recipe used by our grandmothers. It takes just a few ingredients of high quality to create a cake that recalls the flavors of tradition. The almond cake can be made with some variations depending on personal tastes, let's discover them together.

Almond Cake: Traditional Recipe

The almond cake is a very soft dessert, with a strong flavor and aroma, and is ideal for various occasions. The almond sweet should not be confused with marzipan, a typical dessert from the culinary tradition of Sicily. Marzipan, or "pasta reale," is a dough made from sugar and almonds and is used as a base for many Italian desserts, especially Sicilian ones. On the other hand, the almond cake is made with flour, sugar, almonds, eggs, butter, lemon zest, baking powder, and salt.
The almonds you will find on our site of Spaghetti&Mandolino not only give an intense flavor to the cake but also health benefits: rich in vitamins, magnesium, calcium, iron, and zinc, they are ideal for a daily source of wellness.

Carrot and Almond Cake, the Delicious Camilla Cake

A variation of the almond dessert is the carrot and almond cake, which has a more orange appearance thanks to the color of these vegetables. A very simple and genuine dessert, ideal for getting your kids to eat carrots!
It is prepared without butter with the addition of orange juice, very similar to the Camille (the famous carrot-based snacks), and for this reason, it is called Camilla Cake. Try making a soft and moist carrot and almond cake that crumbles at the bite but is not dry on the palate, with a delicate flavor, ideal for being filled with jams. The preparation is the same as that of the traditional almond cake: chop the carrots together with extra virgin olive oil and orange juice in the mixer. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with sugar and orange zest, then add the almond flour (finely chopped almonds). Combine these two mixtures with the flour and gently mix until you obtain a thick cream ready to be baked and then enjoyed. The carrot and almond cake is ideal for a healthy snack or a delicious breakfast.

Cake with Almond Flour: Let's Discover How to Create It

The cake with almond flour differs from the traditional one as the almonds are finely chopped instead of being roughly cut. The almond flour is very easy to make, and with these simple steps, you will achieve an excellent result. Boil some water in a small pot, then add 500 grams of unpeeled almonds and let them blanch for about a minute. Then pass them under cold water and drain them well, finally peeling them individually. Once you've finished this step, you can proceed to cooking; take a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake the almonds for 7 minutes at 200 degrees, allowing them to become golden. After the baking time, you can chop them intermittently until you achieve a floury consistency, then store it in a well-sealed glass jar in the fridge.
As you can see, the preparation is simple, and you can create a cake with almond flour, making it even tastier by spreading chocolate cream in the middle, what a delight!

Apple and Almond Cake, Original and Versatile

Apples pair wonderfully with almonds because their slight acidity lightens the sweetness of the almonds. With this apple and almond cake, you can unleash your creativity because you can make it with almond flour or leave the almonds in chunks in the batter, depending on your tastes. Apples are also a very versatile fruit as you can slice them and use them as decoration for the apple and almond cake, or you can cube them and add them to the batter. If you love homemade foods, you can also try making a apple jam, ideal for spreading inside the cake. But don't worry, if you don't have time to make it at home, we at Spaghetti&Mandolino offer a selection of apple preserves, as genuine as homemade ones!

Pumpkin and Almond Cake, Ideal for Halloween

We are increasingly approaching Halloween, and as you know, the pumpkin is the key element of this holiday, so why not create a pumpkin and almond cake? A soft dessert, flavored with orange and cinnamon, perfect for autumn flavors. This cake is healthy because, as we've seen, almonds are very beneficial for our body and pumpkin also has antioxidant properties, is low in calories, and doesn't cause weight gain! So, if you are on a diet, the pumpkin and almond cake is truly the right dessert to maintain your figure. The procedure is very similar to that of the carrot and almond cake; in fact, you will need to chop the pumpkin, previously cut into cubes, to obtain a liquid mixture. Follow all the steps of the traditional recipe, and you will get a light cake, fluffy and extremely flavorful that will make you fall in love.

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