Almond Cake
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 6 eggs yolks and whites separated
- 5 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups milk sweet
- 3 pounds almonds blanched and ground to a paste, or 3 pounds
- sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350. Cream sugar, butter and yolks together. Add 5 cups sifted flour, 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder and set aside.
- Add 1 1/2 cups sweet milk. Slowly fold in the whites of the six eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and lastly one teaspoonful lemon flavoring.
- Bake the cake batter in layers. Set aside to cool.
- ALMOND SAUCE FOR FILLING.-Three pounds almonds, blanched and pounded to a paste 1 1/2 cups sour cream, sugar, four eggs (whites and yolks beaten thoroughly together) and vanilla. Stir well to combine.
- Frost cake with almond filling.
sugar, butter, eggs yolks, flour, baking powder, milk sweet, almonds blanched, sour cream, sugar, eggs, vanilla
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Almond-Cake-1644942 (may not work)