Orange Almond Cake With Fruit And Sparkling Wine

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Unsalted butter - (1 stick) - softened
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Granulated sugar
2		Eggs
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Almond extract
1/4 cup	23g / 0.8oz	Ground unblanched almonds
2 teaspoons	10ml	Grated orange zest - plus additional
		For optional garnish
1 1/2 cups	93g / 3.3oz	All-purpose flour - plus
2 tablespoons	30ml	All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons	10ml	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 cup	237ml	Sour cream
1		Raspberries, strawberries,
		Blackberries or blueberries
		Sugar to sweeten berries
1/2 cup	118ml	Sparkling wine

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 10-inch round cake pan or springform cake pan with nonstick cooking spray or butter lightly.

Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla, almond extract, almonds and orange zest; beat on low until combined. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together; add alternately to butter mixture with sour cream. Beat just to blend; do not overmix.

Pour batter into pan; tap lightly to even it. Bake in the center rack of the oven for about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes; remove from cake pan or remove sides of springform.

Sprinkle berries with sugar, then toss with enough sparkling wine to dampen them thoroughly. Place cake on plate, surround with berries and juice. Top cake with more orange zest if desired.

Yield: 8 to 10 servings.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 11-16-1998 - By Joe Pollack

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