Almond Legend Cake (New Years Eve)
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 servingsPrep
40 minCook
50 minReady
90 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ounces |
almonds
slivered, chopped |
|
| ⅓ | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| ⅓ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 ¼ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
lemon juice
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
almond extract
|
*
|
| 2 ⅓ | cups |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
milk
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
cream of tartar
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | x |
almond apricot glaze
|
* |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57.8 | ml/g |
almonds
slivered, chopped |
|
| 79 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 79 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 296 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 5 | ml |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 5 | ml |
almond extract
|
*
|
| 552 | ml |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 3.8 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 177 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
cream of tartar
|
|
| 59 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | x |
almond apricot glaze
|
* |
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
