Lemon-Almond Cake with Macerated Strawberries

Name: Lemon-Almond Cake with Macerated Strawberries
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons pure almond extract; 118 milliliters almond flour; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 1 teaspoon coarse salt; 3 larges eggs, at room temperature; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp granulated sugar, or more as needed; 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 lemon); 1 Grated zest of lemon; 8 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced

Lemon-Almond Cake with Macerated Strawberries is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe makes 10 servings with 255 calories, 6g of protein, and 16g of fat each. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up coarse salt, flour, strawberries, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Place the oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat the bottom and sides of a 9 by 2-inch cake pan with softened butter. Line the bottom with a parchment round. Coat the parchment and the sides of the pan again with softened butter; set aside.

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Butter

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Oven

To make the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, almond flour, salt, and baking soda; set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

Almond Flour

Baking Soda

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar and eggs.

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Sugar

Egg

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Whisk in the buttermilk, olive oil, almond extract, and lemon zest and juice.

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Almond Extract

Buttermilk

Lemon Zest

Olive Oil

Juice

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Whisk

Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and whisk until the flours have been absorbed.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

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Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.

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Place on a baking sheet and bake, rotating the sheet about two-thirds of the way through the baking time, until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.

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Transfer to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan, then invert so that the rounded side is up.

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Let cool completely.

To macerate the strawberries: In a small bowl, comine the sliced strawberries with the sugar and lemon juice. Chill for 2 hours, stirring every now and then. After about 1 hour, taste the berries, and if they are not sweet enough, add another teaspoon of sugar.

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Strawberries