Description
This wonderfully light and fluffy almond powder cake is sweetened with honey and flavored with vanilla.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ tablespoon butter – for pan
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup honey – real or sugar-free
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups superfine almond flour – 6 ounces
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda – or 2 teaspoons of baking powder, gluten-free if needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Generously grease an 8-inch nonstick cake pan with soft butter.
- In a large bowl, lightly whisk the eggs. Gradually whisk in the honey, vanilla, almond flour, kosher salt, and baking soda. Don’t over-mix the batter. An overworked batter can cause the middle of the cake to collapse as it cools.
- Use a spatula to transfer the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake until fragrant and set, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 22-25 minutes.
- Cool the cake in the pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Then, invert it onto the cooling rack and cool for 20 more minutes.
- If you wish, dust the cake with a powdered sweetener, then slice and serve.
Notes
- This sugar-free honey worked well when I tried it. If using it, a slice has about 199 calories, 6 grams of carbs, and 3 grams of fiber.
- I use Bob’s Red Mill Super-Fine Almond Flour. One cup of this flour weighs 4 oz, so 1.5 cups weigh 6 ounces. It’s best to measure almond flour by weight rather than by volume.
- Occasionally, baking soda can cause a reaction in baked goods that results in an ammonia smell. If you’re concerned about it happening, use 2 teaspoons of baking powder (gluten-free if needed) instead of baking soda.
- If you’d like to frost the cake, cool it completely before frosting.
- The cake’s texture improves after being stored overnight.
- Keep unfrosted leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 5 days. Briefly warm them in the microwave (10 seconds per slice) before enjoying them. You can also freeze slices of this cake for up to three months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 233 Kcal
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 188 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 7 g