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Swedish Almond Loaf Cake

Swedish Almond Loaf Cake is a flavorful almond cake that's a little spongy and very moist traditional in Sweden and wonderful for an English trifle.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Servings: 12
Author: Barrett Bridenhagen

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • 1 ¼ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ stick 4 tablespoons butter, melted*
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • Berries to garnish optional

Instructions

  • Beat or whisk sugar, egg, almond extract and milk together (a mixer or by hand works well).
  • Add flour and baking powder. Then add butter (and oil if you're using both).
  • Spray pan with cooking spray or butter, etc. (be thorough- the wet sugary batter likes to stick). Pour in batter. Swedish Almond Loaf Cake special almond cake pan
  • Bake at 350° F for 50 minutes (until cake tests done with toothpick). Cool for 20 minutes, then remove from pan.
  • Can be served warm or cold, preferably on a Swedish Almond Loaf Cake tray complete with Dala Horses. Okay, maybe I'm taking it too far.Swedish Almond Loaf Cake on cake plate

Notes

*Most recipes call for margarine, rather than butter. My only innovation is to go half and half on butter and vegetable oil as I don’t like to use margarine.
Recipe can be doubled and bake in a Bundt pan.