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Recipe Ingredients:
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1/4
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tsp salt
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3/4
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cup <a href="/nuts/almonds/paste.html">Almond Paste</a>
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1
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tsp baking powder
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10
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oz unsalted butter, room temperature
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1
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tsp pure vanilla
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6
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large eggs
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1
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cup all purpose flour
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1 1/3
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cup granulated sugar
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Cooking Directions: |
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and position the rack to the center of the oven. Line the bottom of a 9-inch cake pan with a round of parchment paper, or butter the pan and dust it lightly with flour, tapping out any excess.
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Beat together the sugar and almond paste until the paste is finely broken up (the sugar crystals helps break the paste into pieces-so don't add the butter yet)
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Add the butter and beat for a few minutes until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, or a measuring cup with a spout, stir together the eggs with a fork then dribble it into the batter as you beat. Add the vanilla.
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Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt with a whisk. Stir the dry ingredients into the batter until just incorporated.
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5.
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Transfer the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. The baking time may take a but longer due to the variation in different brands of almond paste.
Cool the cake on a rack before serving. This cake is extremely moist and will keep well for up to a week if well-wrapped.
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Almond Paste
Almond paste is ideal for baking, and is commonly used for wedding cakes. Our almond paste contains 67% select grade almonds so you can be sure that you’re getting a quality product.
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