Light and airy cake with crushed almonds inside and mango glaze on top. A perfect bakery style cake with a cup of evening tea.
INGREDIENTS:
Flour | 1 and 1/2 cups |
Baking powder | 1 tsp |
Sugar | 1 cup, grind it |
Butter/ ghee | 1/2 cup |
Eggs | 3 |
Vanilla essence | 1 tsp |
Salt | 1/4 tsp |
Milk | 1/2 cup |
Almonds | as needed |
Mango juice small packet, any brand | 1 |
Sugar | 1 cup |
Corn flour | 1 tbsp |
Water | 2-3 tbsp |
METHOD:
- Sift flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- Melt ghee and let it cool.
- In a bowl add sugar and melted and cooled ghee. You can add butter also but no need to melt it. Beat well.
- Now add eggs and beat.
- Add vanilla essence, salt and milk. Beat.
- Add flour in it. Fold it in batter. Add crushed almonds in batter. Pour in a pan.
- In pan place a butter paper and grease it.
- After pouring cut almonds from center, arrange on batter.
- You can add cocoa powder if you want chocolate flavor almond cake.
- Bake at 180c for 25 minutes or till done.
- Take a small packet of mango juice and pour in a pot, add sugar and mix well. Now cook till sugar dissolve.
- Mix corn flour in water and add in juice. Make a thick sauce. Let it cool completely in refrigerator.
- Take out cake from mold do not remove butter paper from side of cake and spread sauce on top let it set for 1/2 hour and serve.
- Enjoy this moist and delicious cake.