Raspberry & amaretti crunch cake

Raspberry & amaretti crunch cake

Delicious raspberry and amaretti crunch cake

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 1 hr - 1 hr 30 mins

Freezable

Cake only

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 140C/conventional 160C/gas 3. Butter and base line a loose-bottomed 20cm round cake tin. Put the butter, caster sugar, eggs, flour and ground almonds into a large bowl. Beat using an electric hand whisk until all the ingredients are well blended.
  2. Spread half the cake mixture in the lined tin. Scatter over half of the amaretti biscuits then a third of the raspberries. Very lightly press into the cake mixture.
  3. Dollop dessertspoonfuls of the remaining cake mixture over the amaretti and raspberries and spread evenly. Scatter the remaining amaretti and half the remaining raspberries over the top. Bake for 55-60 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  4. Cool for 15 minutes in the tin. Run a knife round the edge and turn out. It will keep in a covered container in the fridge for up to 2 days.
  5. To serve, remove from the fridge an hour before serving and lightly dust with icing sugar before bringing to the table. Serve with the remaining raspberries and a little single cream.

Per serving

640 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 68g, fat 37 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 4g, sugar 34g, salt 0.92 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2004.

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  • 20 July 2010

    Hayles rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy to make and tastes delicious.

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  • 01 August 2010

    Simmy B rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've made this twice and I love it. It's easy to make and yet looks fairly impressive. Served with a splash of single cream - perfect!

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  • 11 August 2010

    KatKook commented on this recipe

    Made this last night, with halved quantities of all ingredients and made in a loaf tin. Ate it warm with custard and was delicious, it still produced six decent servings from the half quantity I made in the loaf tin though. Also didnt have enough ground almonds, only 40grams so made the rest up in desiccated coconut. I didn't have enough raspberries either so added some jam and just put nearly all amaretto and raspberry mix in the centre, just some amaretto sprinkled on top. Yum, definitely making this one again!

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  • 11 August 2010

    KatKook rated and commented on this recipe

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    And my rating!

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  • 26 September 2010

    Lyndsey rated this recipe

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  • 06 October 2010

    Aims commented on this recipe

    I'm thinking of varying this recipe, swapping the raspberries for dark chocolate chunks and chopped almonds, and adding some cocoa to the basic cake mixture. Has anybody tried anything like this? Would it turn out heavy?

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  • 23 January 2011

    monkeypie commented on this recipe

    Lovely - not too sweet so you can pretend your eating healthily! Had to cook it longer than recipe said though.

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  • 29 January 2011

    Lorna commented on this recipe

    This was one of the nicest desserts I ever made but definitely took a full 85 mins in my fan oven - would never recommend to store a cake like this in the fridge - would imagine it would dry out so would recommend storing in air tight container - should be fine. Definitely one for dinner parties.

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  • 25 February 2011

    caththecook commented on this recipe

    Love this recipe, have made it several times now and everyone really likes it. Lovely warmed in the microwave for a few seconds and served with cream. Easy to make too !

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  • 12 March 2011

    DessertFiend rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    After the first time I made this and shared it with a friend and the same friend came back to me a week later and said "so... When are you going to make that cake again? Because I've been having dreams about it, it was so good!" and she wasn't even joking! This cake is so moist and packed full of flavour. The slight sourness of the raspberries with the sweetness of the amaretti make this an instant hit every time.

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  • 13 March 2011

    EmsLdn78 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've never baked this cake myself but my friend has baked it a few times and SERIOUSLY I love the cake!!! The sweet almondy flavours work amazingly well with the sharp raspberry deliciousness!

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  • 17 March 2011

    morgarf rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Fabulous. It did take a good 15 minutes longer to bake than the recipe says, though it is a slightly bakewell style cake, so maybe it's meant to be slightly undercooked? New family favourite.

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  • 23 March 2011

    Farmersgirl rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great cake, will definitely make it again

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  • 04 April 2011

    wifeywarner rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this a few weeks ago and was loved by all.... making again for Easter. Used frozen raspberries and made a bigger one so took nearly an hour longer - but worth the wait

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  • 29 May 2011

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  • 04 June 2011

    tgraham rated this recipe

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  • 04 June 2011

    cici rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a delicious cake !! Even for those who doesn't have a sweet tooth. A winner every time.

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    14 June 2011

    maz commented on this recipe

    YUM! - Will make this again, and again and again

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  • 16 July 2011

    @stongirl commented on this recipe

    Have made a gluten free version of this for my sister on numerous occasions and it's amazing! Would def recommend

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  • 04 August 2011

    lexies food commented on this recipe

    This is a genius recipe - so easy to make and yet really special. I made it to take round to friends - they supplied dinner and we brought dessert. We took also an Amaretto syrup which we made made with Amaretto and sugar to drizzle over the cake (not that it needs it). The recipe timing is way under i think my cake took about double the time. It was still warm when we served and ate and was delicious. I'm making it again for friends coming over for dinner this weekend - and klooking forward to eating it already!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 1 hr - 1 hr 30 mins

Freezable

Cake only

Ingredients

  • 175g soft butter
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 140g self-raising flour
  • 85g ground almonds
  • 140g amaretti biscuits , roughly broken
  • 250g punnet raspberries

TO SERVE

  • icing sugar , to dust
  • 142ml carton single cream
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Per serving

640 kcalories, protein 12g, carbohydrate 68g, fat 37 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 4g, sugar 34g, salt 0.92 g

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