Photo: David Holifield
Spring Cake
12 ingredients
Serves 10
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Another one of my grandmother's Czech birthday cake recipes - a delicious almond flavoured cake. This one is called "Spring Cake" because of the yellow eggy icing combined with the roasted green pistachio nuts.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
862
Calories
25g
Protein
32g
Fat
117g
Carbs
Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pistachio | 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) | 159 |
| 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 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Icing | not in our table | 0 |
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
- CAKE
- 150g unsalted butter
- 150g plain flour
- 150g ground almonds
- 4 large egg whites
- 75g plain flour
- Dash of vanilla essence.
- ICING
- 4 large egg yolks
- 350g icing sugar
- DECORATION
- 100g unsalted pistachio kernels
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
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