Buttered Almond Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 50 g butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (70 g) packet sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 this recipe uses a loose-bottom cake tin.
• 2 if you dont have one, fold two long pieces of baking paper and cross them over the base of the cake tin at right angles.
• 3 then lift cake out when it is cooked.
• 4 place butter and sugar in a saucepan large enough to mix all the ingredients and heat until butter melts.
• 5 remove from heat.
• 6 beat eggs and milk together.
• 7 add to saucepan with sifted flour and baking powder.
• 8 mix with a wooden spoon until combined.
• 9 pour mixture into a baking paper-lined 20cm round loose-bottom cake tin.
• 10 bake at 180c degrees for 40 minutes.
• 11 spread topping over and cook a further 10-15 minutes or until the cake is cooked.
• 12 leave in tin for 10 minutes before lifting out.
• 13 ------------topping-------------(?.
• 14 place butter, sugar and almonds in a saucepan.
• 15 heat, stirring until the sugar melts.
• 16 add milk.
• 17 bring to the boil and boil for 5 minutes.