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Almond Legend Cake (New Years Eve)

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Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun tradition at your house. Somewhere hidden in the baked cake will be a single whole almond. Whoever gets the almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will enjoy good fortune during the year

 

Yield

8 servings

Prep

40 min

Cook

50 min

Ready

90 min
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 ounces almonds
slivered, chopped
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cup butter
or margarine, softened
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cup vegetable shortening
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1 ¼ cups sugar
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3 large eggs
separated
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1 teaspoon lemon zest
grated
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon almond extract
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2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
sifted
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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¼ teaspoon baking soda
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¾ teaspoon salt
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¾ cup milk
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½ teaspoon cream of tartar
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¼ cup sugar
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1 x almond apricot glaze
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
57.8 ml/g almonds
slivered, chopped
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79 ml butter
or margarine, softened
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79 ml vegetable shortening
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296 ml sugar
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3 large eggs
separated
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5 ml lemon zest
grated
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3E+1 ml lemon juice
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5 ml vanilla extract
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5 ml almond extract
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552 ml all-purpose flour
sifted
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1E+1 ml baking powder
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1.3 ml baking soda
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3.8 ml salt
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177 ml milk
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2.5 ml cream of tartar
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59 ml sugar
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1 x almond apricot glaze
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Directions

Sprinkle chopped almonds into a well-greased 10-inch Bundt pan; set aside.

Cream butter and shortening; gradually add 1¼ cups sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.

Add egg yolks, and beat well. Add lemon rind, juice, and flavorings; beat well.

Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.

Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Mix after each addition; set batter aside.

Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy.

Gradually add ¼ cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form; fold egg white mixture into batter.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Press whole almond just below surface of batter.

Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire 10-inch cake.

NOTE: Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun tradition at your house.

Somewhere hidden in the baked cake will be a single whole almond.

Whoever gets the almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will enjoy good fortune during the year



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 135g (4.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 41027% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 13g 19%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 101mg 34%
Sodium 330mg 14%
Total Carbohydrate 23g 23%
Dietary Fiber 2g 6%
Sugars g
Protein 16g
Vitamin A 7% Vitamin C 3%
Calcium 8% Iron 13%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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