French Style Almond Saffron  Cake
By: Maya
Published: Friday, October 22, 2010 - 11:06am

Ingredients




 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon saffron
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
of salt
1 cup butter- room temperature
7 ounces tube almond paste (not marzipan)/ 8 oz can almond paste
1 cup confectioners sugar
5 large eggs
8 ounces sour cream
1 Zest of orange

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 2 (8 inch) round cake pans and set aside. 2 Heat milk on medium heat, add orange zest and saffron, bring to a gentle simmer and take off heat. Let cool. 3 Sift flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder. 4 Using a stand mixer cream butter and almond paste for 5 minutes. I cut up the almond paste to smaller pieces and added to mixer.Add confectioners sugar and beat till fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time. Add in flour and sour cream alternately. 5 Gently pour in saffron mixture and mix well. 6 Divide batter between both prepared pans and bake for 30/40 minutes, test for doneness with a cake tester. I baked mined for 40 minutes. Serve with berries or dusted with confectioners sugar.

About


French style almond cake that is moist and light.