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Almond Cake (Patespani Amygalou)

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Hello!!!  I am finally done with  painting part of the house. I discovered that some walls need to be wallpapered, and not painted.  To be able to paint them I would have to start from the very basic rules, and since I am not a professional painter I decided to wallpaper them.

While searching the internet, I came across so many designs, I had no idea that wallpaper was back in style!!! this will definitely give the walls a great look instead of just paint.  I chose a few designs and expecting to receive them in the next few days.  🙂  

It was time for me to choose a recipe, so I sat around looking at the many different recipes I have and could not choose one that I really wanted to make…:) So, don’t laugh I actually did a “Eeny meeny miny moe” funny hahahahaha and this wonderful Almond Cake was chosen as the lucky recipe.

It is such a lovely cake with such a delicious taste, but your going to have excuse me for the picture, because unfortunately for some reason my cake, ufff thought it was a Soufflé and not a cake, it fell in the center.    I hope you enjoy this recipe!!!

ALMOND CAKE (PATESPANI AMYGALOU)

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups of All – Purpose- Flour
  • 1 1/2 cups of Almonds sliced
  • 1 1/4 cup of Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 tablespoon of Butter
  • Lemon zest
  • 1/2 cup of cold Milk
  • 3 tablespoons of Baking Powder
  • Powdered Sugar for Topping

Instructions
 

  • Beat in a large bowl the butter, sugar and lemon zest.
  • Slowly add in the milk and continue beating, In a small bowl mix together the flour and the baking powder and add into the mix.
  • Add in the Almonds….I found in the supermarket sliced Almonds, this is much better than adding whole Almonds into the cake mix.
  • Add in one egg at a time, and continue to beat until all the eggs have been added.
  • I used this baking pan instead of a round one, but you can you use which ever you prefer.
  • Bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour and until golden brown. Once it has baked set aside to cool off. Top with powdered sugar. 🙂

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

8 Comments

  1. Megala
    July 17, 2017 at 3:10 pm  ·  Reply

    Love this super spongy cake !

  2. preppypinkpiglet
    July 18, 2017 at 11:10 am  ·  Reply

    I absolutely love the taste of almond cake….and this looks delicious <3 <3

  3. crosscountrylifeblog
    July 18, 2017 at 6:33 pm  ·  Reply

    I’m not usually a fan of almonds but this looks so good! I’m going to have to make this, thanks!

  4. FrugalHausfrau
    July 27, 2017 at 9:20 pm  ·  Reply

    Of course now that I stopped by I had to make my first click this gorgeous cake! I love almonds and the color and texture look so appealing!

    Mollie

  5. purplepeninportland
    August 10, 2017 at 11:40 pm  ·  Reply

    Like your blog! Almond cake is a favorite of mine. I will definitely try it!

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