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Rachel Allen's almond brittle cake
Photo: David Holifield

Rachel Allen's almond brittle cake

13 ingredients 25 min + 25 min 12 people openrecipes

A gorgeous cake recipe from Rachel Allen, rich with almonds and vanilla, then topped with almond brittle and filled with almond butter icing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

971
Calories
28g
Protein
40g
Fat
121g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 150 butter, softened
  • g caster sugar
  • 175 large eggs, beaten
  • g self-raising flour
  • 3 baking powder
  • 150 ground almonds
  • g milk
  • 1 butter, softened
  • tsp icing sugar
  • 75 pure vanilla extract
  • g vegetable oil, for greasing
  • 2 granulated sugar
  • tsp whole almonds (unskinned)

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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