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Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 100 g butter or margarine
  • 120 g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 150 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder

For the topping:

  • 100 - 150 g flaked almonds
  • 100 g butter or margarine
  • 150 g sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour (approx 30 g)
  • 4 tbsp single cream or milk (60ml)

Method

  • STEP 1
    Cream the margerine and sugar, beat in the eggs, and fold in the four, and baking powder.
  • STEP 2
    Spoon into a large tin lined with silicon baking sheet (not greaseproof paper or the topping will stick) or directly into a silicone tin - I use a 9" silicone tin
  • STEP 3
    Bake in preheated oven at 170 C fan/ 190 C/ gas 5 for 20 minutes, meanwhile make topping:
  • STEP 4
    Place all the topping ingredients except almonds in a saucepan over a low heat till till melted. Once all melted, add almonds
  • STEP 5
    Remove cake from oven (it should look cooked) and pour topping mixture over, and return to the oven for a further 20 minutes
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