Post by April B. on Apr 13, 2004 14:39:57 GMT -6
Fairy Godmother Cake
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup sweet butter, room temperature
8 ounces almond paste
3 eggs
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/c cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Cream butter and almond paste together, and blend in sugar until
evenly mixed. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Blend in Grand Marnier and
almond extract. In another bowl, sift flour and baking powder
together, then fold dry ingredients into the wet batter. Pour cake
batter into a 9-inch greased and floured cake pan. Bake about 35-40
minutes at 350 degrees (cake should be firm on top). Let it cool in
the pan for 10 minutes, then turn cake out of the pan and on to a cake
rack to finish cooling. The cake may be dusted with powdered sugar,
or served plain with a raspberry sauce underneath. To make raspberry
sauce, combine 1 quart fresh berries or 12 ounces frozen berries and 3
tablespoons of Grand Marnier. Puree in a food processor, then strain
to remove seeds. Sweeten with sugar if necessary. This cake serves 8
or 9 (it's very rich).
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup sweet butter, room temperature
8 ounces almond paste
3 eggs
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/c cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Cream butter and almond paste together, and blend in sugar until
evenly mixed. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Blend in Grand Marnier and
almond extract. In another bowl, sift flour and baking powder
together, then fold dry ingredients into the wet batter. Pour cake
batter into a 9-inch greased and floured cake pan. Bake about 35-40
minutes at 350 degrees (cake should be firm on top). Let it cool in
the pan for 10 minutes, then turn cake out of the pan and on to a cake
rack to finish cooling. The cake may be dusted with powdered sugar,
or served plain with a raspberry sauce underneath. To make raspberry
sauce, combine 1 quart fresh berries or 12 ounces frozen berries and 3
tablespoons of Grand Marnier. Puree in a food processor, then strain
to remove seeds. Sweeten with sugar if necessary. This cake serves 8
or 9 (it's very rich).
