Toasted Almond Cake

Name: Toasted Almond Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter; 2 cups, sliced almonds; 3 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 5 , large egg yolks; ½ cup (3½ ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar, divided; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 2 cups, heavy cream, plus 1/2 cup heavy cream, chilled; Pinch , salt; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces and chilled; 1½ teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon, almond extract; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2 tablespoons, Amaretto; 2 (9-inch), white cake rounds; , Confectioners' sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes
Easter

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.

SERVES 10 to 12

TIME 1 hour, plus 20 minutes tempering

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