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Recipe Almond Rum Cake (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup finely chopped blanched almonds
- 2 teaspoons dark rum
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Grease one 10 inch tube pan and sprinkle the almonds evenly over the bottom.
- Separate the eggs.
- In a bowl, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until stiff.
- Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar.
- Beat in the egg yolks, then the vanilla, almond extract, lemon juice, lemon rind, and milk.
- In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Beat into the creamed mixture.
- Stir in about 1/3 of the egg whites to lighten the batter and then fold in the rest gently but thoroughly.
- Turn batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 1-1/2 hours or until cake tests done when a toothpick inserted neat the center comes out clean.
- As soon as you remove the cake from the oven, sprinkle the top evenly with the rum.
- Transfer to a rack to cool.
- Makes about 14 servings.
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