Toasted Almond Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2015

Our toasted almond dessert consists of layers of tender white cake that are filled with creamy, almond-tinged custard and covered with fluffy amaretto buttercream and crunchy caramelized almonds.

SERVES10 to 12

TIME1 hour, plus 20 minutes tempering

Toasted Almond Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For this toasted almond cake recipe, we use a white layer cake that bakes up incredibly moist, tender, and flavorful using a reverse creaming method. The cake rounds are halved (to make four layers) and stacked, filled with a foolproof past...

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