Toasted-Almond Poundcake With Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote
- 1 cup (2 sticks) plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 5 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cups sugar, plus more to taste
- 1 13 cups almond flour
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon grated tangerine zest
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
- 3 pints strawberries, hulled
- 4 cups trimmed, sliced rhubarb
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a loaf pan.
- In a small saucepan, melt butter.
- Set aside to cool.
- Using an electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat eggs and 1 cup sugar until thick and pale, about 3 minutes.
- In a bowl, sift together almond flour, cake flour and zest.
- Fold 1/3 of the flour mixture into eggs until thoroughly combined.
- Fold in rest of flour in 2 batches.
- Fold in all but 2 tablespoons of the melted butter.
- Scrape batter into pan, and sprinkle almonds on top.
- Brush remaining butter over almonds.
- Bake cake until a tester inserted into the middle comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.
- If the top of the cake seems to be getting overly browned before the center is set, cover with foil and continue baking.
- Let cool on a rack before inverting.
- Meanwhile, make the compote.
- In a medium saucepan, combine 1 pint of the strawberries, the rhubarb, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water.
- Bring mixture to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until fruit breaks down into a puree.
- Let mixture cool, then taste and add more sugar if desired.
- Just before serving, place remaining strawberries in a large skillet, and sprinkle with sugar to taste.
- Cook strawberries over high heat until they release their juices and sugar dissolves.
- Serve slices of the poundcake surrounded by strawberry-rhubarb compote and topped with strawberries.
unsalted butter, eggs, sugar, almond flour, cake flour, almonds, pints strawberries, rhubarb
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9944 (may not work)