Almond Sponge Tea Cake Recipes

ALMOND TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs and extract; mix well. Add flour and baking powder (dough will be soft). Chill. , For filling, in a small bowl, stir egg white, sugar, almonds and lemon juice. Remove a portion of the dough at a time from the refrigerator. Place 1-in. balls of dough into miniature muffin cups, pressing slightly into sides and bottom. Place 1/2 teaspoon filling into each. Cover with quarter-sized circles of dough. , Brush with a little milk and top with an almond. Bake at 350° until golden, 14-16 minutes.

ALMOND TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease mini muffin tins and set aside.
• Sift 2 ounce of the sugar, ground almonds and cake flour in a bowl. Add 1 egg white to form a paste. In another bowl whip the 3 egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar. Continue to whip until the meringue is strong but not dry. Fold the meringue into the almond paste mixture and add the heavy cream at the end. Mix well.
• Fill the prepared muffin tins half full. Bake promptly in the pre-heated oven until golden, approximately 8 to 12 minutes, depending on the size of the molds. Cool the tea cakes about 5 minutes before unmolding them on a wire rack. Dust with confection sugar before serving. Store the cakes in an airtight container.

ALMOND TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Grease mini muffin tins and set aside.
• Sift 2 ounces of the sugar, ground almonds and cake flour in a bowl.
• Add 1 egg white to form a paste.
• In another bowl, whip the 3 egg whites until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add the remaining sugar.
• Continue to whip until the meringue is strong but not dry.
• Fold the meringue into the almond paste mixture and add the heavy cream at the end.
• Mix well.
• Fill the prepapred mini muffin tins half full.
• Bake promptly in the pre-heated oven until golden, approximately 8 to 12 minutes, depending on the size of the molds.
• Cool the tea cakes about 5 minutes before unmolding them on a wire rack.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.
• Store cakes in an airtight container.

ALMOND TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Melt butter and then add sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Add extract.
• Add flour and salt, mixing well.
• Pour batter into a large cast-iron skillet (9-11") that has been lined with foil.
• Sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Cool completely and remove foil.

ALMOND SPONGE TEA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line the bottom of an 8-inch spring form pan with parchment paper.
• 2. Stir together the almond flour and potato starch. Set aside.
• 3. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the whip attachment, beat the egg yolks until lightened. Add 1/2 cup of the granulated sugar and the vanilla. Beat on medium speed until the mixture is foamy and falls from the whip in thick ribbons.
• 4. In a separate clean bowl, beat the egg whites until foamy. Add the remaining 1/4 cup of granulated sugar. Beat until the egg whites hold stiff peaks.
• 5. Fold the egg whites into the yolk mixture. Fold in the almond flour mixture. Pour into the prepared pan.
• 6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the cake springs back quickly when touched lightly.
• 7. Cool completely on a wire rack in the pan.
• 8. While the cake cools, make the Orange Glaze. Whisk together the powdered sugar, orange juice and zest.
• 9. Use a fork to drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake. Sprinkle it with the sliced almonds if desired.
• 10. This tender, moist sponge cake can be used in so many ways. Serve it plain with a dusting of powdered sugar. Split it in half and fill with rich chocolate ganache for a special birthday. Or serve it with cream and fresh berries, as the picture above. For more variety, make chocolate ganache for the top, and fill it with pastry cream for a Boston Cream PIe. For a Victorian Sponge, split, and fill it with whipped cream and preserves, your favorite flavor, ( raspberry, or blackberry it good! If desired, strain out the seeds) For a simple cake, spoon a pastry cream (or vanilla pudding, soft), and fresh strawberries. Layer slices of cake, fruit and pudding or whipped cream to make a simple trifle.