French Style Almond Saffron Cake

Name: French Style Almond Saffron Cake
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: cup milk; 1/2 teaspoon saffron; 2 cups all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; of salt; 1 cup butter- room temperature; 7 ounces tube almond paste (not marzipan)/ 8 oz can almond paste; 1 cup confectioners sugar; 5 large eggs; 8 ounces sour cream; 1 Zest of orange

French Style Almond Saffron Cake is a Mediterranean dessert. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 407 calories, 8g of protein, and 26g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12.

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Cook time

45 min

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Servings

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Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

407 kcal

Calories

8 g

Protein

26 g

Fat

36 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 12 servings

Estimated cost~€2.90 · ~€0.25/serving

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Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 2 (8 inch) round cake pans and set aside.
2
Heat milk on medium heat, add orange zest and saffron, bring to a gentle simmer and take off heat.
3
Let cool.
4
Sift flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
5
Using a stand mixer cream butter and almond paste for 5 minutes. I cut up the almond paste to smaller pieces and added to mixer.
6
Add confectioners sugar and beat till fluffy.
7
Add in eggs, one at a time.
8
Add in flour and sour cream alternately.
9
Gently pour in saffron mixture and mix well.
10
Divide batter between both prepared pans and bake for 30/40 minutes, test for doneness with a cake tester. I baked mined for 40 minutes.
11
Serve with berries or dusted with confectioners sugar.