Toasted Almond Cake

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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

Toasted Almond Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For this toasted almond cake recipe, we use a white layer cake that bakes up incredibly moist, tender, and flavorful using a reverse creaming method. The cake rounds are halved (to make four layers) and stacked, filled with a foolproof past...

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