Name: Almond Bundt Cake with Brown Butter Glaze
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour; 1 ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp salt; ⅓ cup ground almonds (see Recipe Notes); ¾ cup butter, softened; 1 ½ cups sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp almond extract; ¾ cup whole milk; ¼ cup butter; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 tbsp milk

CategoryDessert

Yields12 Servings

Total Time1 hr 15 mins

Almond Cake

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

⅓ cup ground almonds (see Recipe Notes)

¾ cup butter, softened

1 ½ cups sugar

3 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp almond extract

¾ cup whole milk

Brown Butter Glaze

¼ cup butter

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tbsp milk

For the cake:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a bundt cake pan with baking spray (Baker's Joy works well).

In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and ground almonds. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar, and beat on medium speed until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the vanilla and almond extracts and mix well.

Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, alternating with the milk. Mix just until combined.

Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 40-45 minutes (until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean). Meanwhile, make the brown butter glaze as directed below.

Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes, and turn it out onto a wire rack over a cookie sheet.

For the brown butter glaze:

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Continue heating, whisking frequently until the butter smells like toffee and the milk solids turn brown. Remove from the heat and let it cool for a few minutes.

Add powdered sugar and milk, and stir with a whisk until the glaze is smooth.

Pour the glaze over the warm cake and serve.

Recipe Notes

For this recipe, I used a snowflake cake pan from Nordic Ware, but any 6 cup capacity bundt cake pan will work.
You can make the ground almonds for this recipe by processing roasted, salted almonds in a food processor or high speed blender until they reach a finely ground consistency.

Recipe adapted from Nordic Ware.

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