Skip to main content

Rich almond cake

It's our dessert for dinner last night with our friends,I have to make this low carb cake for one my Foodie friend Miss K who strictly low carb diet,I'm glad I found this flourless and butterless cake from a cook book frame>byframe>baking.
as you know I'm not good on baking,so this recipe help me to learn more about baking, and this is the first time I make flourless and butterless cake, I'm glad that everyone enjoy this YUMMY almond cake and we had a great time as always :)
and of course I share this recipe with you guys !!


Ingredients :
- butter for greasing only
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 4 eggs,separated
- 1 tsp almond extract/ I substitute with vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 3/4 cups ground almond/almond flour
- finely grated rind of lime
- toasted silvered almond to decorate
-  confectioner sugar ,sifted for dusting


Preparation :
Preheat the oven to 300  degree F
grease and line a 9 inch/23 cm round cake pan

beat together the ricotta,egg yolk,almond extract/ I substitute with vanilla extract,stir in the almond ground/ almond flour and lime rind
 Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until they form soft peaks
 Fold the whites lightly in to ricotta mixture using a large metal spoon
 Spread the mixture in the pan and bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes/ I did 60 minutes
 
Cool the cake in the pan for about 10 minutes and turn out onto a wire rack and sprinkle with  toasted silvered almond,leave to cool completely
dust with confectioner's sugar and serve,,,,,,
Enjoy,,,
Labels:

Comments

  1. Nava KFebruary 27, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Wow! flour less and without butter is new discovery to me and pretty unique cake you have made. That deco blooms the look on this cake what more again with the plenty of almonds on top.

    ReplyDelete
  2. LinsFoodFebruary 27, 2012 at 9:34 AM

    This looks really good! The cheese and almond sound like a winning combination - bet your friends enjoyed it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownFebruary 27, 2012 at 12:05 PM

    That cake looks fabulous! I've never tried almond flour but I'm tempted!

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2012 at 2:11 PM

    This almond cake looks divine - beautiful flavours and presentation :D
    Nice one!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru
    Latest: Marbled Muffintopcookiecake Hybrids

    ReplyDelete
  5. Kitchen SimmerFebruary 27, 2012 at 4:33 PM

    You're such a wonderful friend to make this beautiful dessert for your friend. I love all the ingredients... never baked with almond flour. Well done. :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. TeenaFebruary 27, 2012 at 4:53 PM

    What a fabulous cake!! Loved the recipe!

    ReplyDelete
  7. PinayinTexasFebruary 27, 2012 at 5:27 PM

    Your almond cake looks delicious, Ridwan and it makes me believe that you were lying when you said you aren't good in baking.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Liz That Skinny Chick Can BakeFebruary 27, 2012 at 8:33 PM

    How nice that you were able to make a delicious cake perfect for your friend! It looks so lovely...especially served with berries!

    ReplyDelete
  9. RiceandcoconutFebruary 27, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    Thank you everyone for comments,I appreciated !!

    ReplyDelete
  10. ZoeFebruary 27, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    This gluten free almond cake recipe is definitely a keeper! Will bookmark this recipe for my future bake!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love.February 27, 2012 at 11:43 PM

    I'm always looking for new ways to use almond flour and this cake looks great!

    ReplyDelete
  12. easyfoodsmithFebruary 28, 2012 at 2:29 AM

    Well done Ridwan! The cake looks gorgeous and sounds divine!

    ReplyDelete
  13. UnknownFebruary 28, 2012 at 6:29 AM

    This flourless and butterless cake is perfect to have for a dessert after dinner Ridwan! Claver u! :)
    And this just remaind me that i bought a almond flour a few days ago ;)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hard boil egg meatloaf and my second Award

This maybe sound funny,boil egg in the meatloaf, but hey this is what I love about cooking in my own kitchen I can create an experiment things, not like to cook at work I have a rule to follow,and stick with their recipe,,,,so when I'm home,,,,I'm free and I can play with my cooking LoL by the way,leftover always give me some idea,about cooking so,,,this time I had four hard boil egg. Need to us up soon, you never know is come up with this " hard boil egg meatloaf" I know someone was laughing at me here :) Hard boil egg meatloaf  Ingredients : 1 1/2 lbs ground beef ( 96-4 extra lean ) 4 hard boil egg 2 egg handful green onion green onion/chopped 1 tbs salt 1 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp galangal powder 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 tbs soy sauce 1 cup panko crumbs Preparation : if you don't have 4 hard boil egg ready,,,bring 4 egg to boil pre heat oven on 350 degree F   4 hard boil egg,set aside  on the mixing bowl,mix ground beef
27 comments
Read more

Banana pandan bread

I don't like to waste the foods, if you have over ripe banana don't throw away, I have quite few recipe with it like this   banana white chocolate muffins ,  white chocolate banana bread  , banana pandan waffle  and this banana pandan bread, if you like white chocolate or pandan taste, they go well together with over ripe banana. Ingredients; - 1 cup coconut oil - 3/4 cup dark brown sugar - 2 eggs - 1 teaspoon pandan paste - 2 1/4 cups self raising flour - 1 teaspoon ginger powder - pinch of salt - 1 teaspoon cinnamon - 3 over ripe banana Direction : Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 175 degrees C Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine self raising flour,ginger powder,and cinnamon powder, In a separate bowl,  In a stand mixer cream together coconut oil and brown sugar. Add egg one at a time,and a teaspoon pandan paste add over ripe bananas  into coconut oil mixture,stir and add flour mixture, stir just to moisten,and  Pour bat
4 comments
Read more

Chocolate fudge raspberry cake

I decide to make my own birthday cake to share with my friends, after I search the cakes recipe in cook books and looks around ingredients in the pantry and the fridge, I found this chocolate fudge cake recipe. The recipe adapted from "frame by frame"  cook book with slighly change add raspberry curd on chocolate frosting and decorated with vanilla buttercream frosting  with fresh raspberry to add colours into the cake. Ingredients : - 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened, plus extra for greasing - 3/4 cup super fine sugar - 3 eggs beaten - 3 Tbsp dark corn syrup - 1/2 cup ground almond - 1 1/4 self raising flour - pinch of salt - 6 Tbsp cocoa powder Frosting - 8 oz / 225 gr semisweet  dark chocolate, broken into pieces - 1/2 cup dark brown sugar - 1 cup unsalted butter,diced - 5 Tbsp evaporated milk - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract - 1/2 cup raspberry curd Decorate with   vanilla buttercream frosting  and fresh raspberry on top. Directions :
6 comments
Read more