How To Make Easy Brown Butter Almond Cake
This soft almond cake is smothered with creamy brown butter icing, for a luscious baked treat that pairs well with your favorite afternoon drink.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1¾cupall purpose flour
- ½tbspbaking powder
- ¼tspsalt
- 1½sticksbutter,at room temperature
- ⅔cupbrown sugar
- 4eggs
- ½cupcanola oil
- 2tspMcCormick Almond Extract
- ½cupalmonds,slivered, plus more for topping
For Brown Butter Icing:
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- ¼cupbutter
- ¼cupheavy cream
- 1tspMcCormick Almond Extract
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small mixing bowl mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
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In a large mixing bowl, mix together butter and brown sugar with a high speed mixer. Blend on high until light and fluffy, scraping sides occasionally.
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Add in eggs, oil and almond extract and continue mixing on medium speed until fully incorporated. Add in slivered almonds and repeat with flour mixture until cake batter is smooth.
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Pour batter into a greased 8-inch cake pan and bake on the center rack for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Once cooked, transfer to a a cooling rack and allow to sit untouched for 15 minutes. Using a sharp knife, slide along the edges of the cake to be sure it isn’t sticking. Transfer the cake to your desired serving dish.
Brown Butter Icing:
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Place the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Allow butter to bubble and start to turn a light amber color. Remove from heat and transfer to a small bowl.
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Mix in powdered sugar, heavy cream, and almond extract and whisk until smooth.
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Pour almond glaze over the almond cake, sprinkle with slivered almonds and serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 640.15kcal
- Fat: 46.09g
- Saturated Fat: 18.30g
- Trans Fat: 0.99g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 18.99g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.42g
- Carbohydrates: 50.40g
- Fiber: 1.86g
- Sugar: 27.36g
- Protein: 7.82g
- Cholesterol: 150.97mg
- Sodium: 181.68mg
- Calcium: 125.72mg
- Potassium: 155.57mg
- Iron: 2.18mg
- Vitamin A: 258.41µg
- Vitamin C: 0.04mg
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