Mum’s Almond Cake
July 25, 2022
I recently spent a couple of weeks at my parents house in Cumbria and this was requested again, and again – it's so delicious! I also posted a photo to my instagram page and had so many requests for the recipe. My Mum also makes a coconut version by adding desiccated coconut instead of the ground almond and replacing the almond syrup with coconut syrup. This has a fairly high sugar content so probably more for the adults than the kids – a first for this page!
Ingredients
- 170 g Gluten Free Self Raising Flour
- 170 g Ground Almonds
- 340 g Caster Sugar
- 340 g Soft Butter
- 5 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Almond Syrup the ones you'd typically add to coffee
Instructions
- Combine the flour, ground almonds, sugar, butter and eggs in a mixing bowl. Once smooth add to a lined baking dish (my Mum uses a circle cake tin). Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for an hour and 10, after 40 minutes of the baking time, cover the tin with tin foil. Check to make sure it's firm in the centre once finished.
- Pour over the 2 tbsp of Almond syrup and sprinkle with any left over ground almonds.
- Allow to cool and enjoy!