Tosca Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 eggs
• 150 g caster sugar
• 400 g flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 100 ml milk
• 125 g butter, unsalted & melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 80 g butter, unsalted
• 125 g almonds, slivered
• 125 g sugar
• 4 tablespoons cream
• 1 tablespoon flour

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 200°c.
• 2 either butter a 22cm springform tin or line with baking paper.
• 3 beat eggs until frothy then add the sugar and beat until thick and a pale yellow.
• 4 shift flour, baking powder and salt, then add to egg mixture and fold together.
• 5 add the milk and melted butter. pour into the prepared cake tin making sure you flatten the top, bake for 20 minutes.
• 6 while the cake is baking make the topping by placing all the ingredients into a pot and bring to the boil.
• 7 remove the cake from the oven - it won't be completely cooked - and spread over the topping.
• 8 bake a further 10-15 mins or until the top is nice a browned.
• 9 the cake won't rise a lot but be rather flat.