I baked this bundt
cake following a sudden inspiration, but this was one of the best bundt cakes I
have ever baked (at least I think, because you should always say so about your
latest creation in the kitchen). If I am right, Nigella has a similar cake in
one of her books – at least when I tasted the bundt cake first, I could realize
the similarity (and others could realize it, too, so I just write this down to
avoid the accuse of plagiarism, although I did not even approach that book).
This is a simple, but spectacular cake. In contrast to the baking, I prepared
much for the photo. Because one can sometimes go crazy: I collected rose-hips
without gloves when it was raining cats and dogs, I painted some tiles of
disgusting colour to white, I glued and grouted them with a bad glue gun. But
the strange thing is that I enjoyed all this procedure.
Marzipan & white
chocolate bundt cake with amaretto glaze and strawberries
For the marzipan
& white chocolate bundt cake:
- 220 g butter, at
room temperature
- 120 g sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ lemon’s zest
- 1 tsp. almond
extract
- 250 ml amaretto
- 100 ml milk
- 220 g flour
- 40 g corn starch
- 12 g baking powder
- 40 g almond,
toasted and ground
- a pinch of salt
- 80 g marzipan, cut
into small cubes
- 50 g white
chocolate, chopped
For the amaretto
glaze:
- 75 g powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp. amaretto
- 1 lemon’s juice
For the pan:
- butter
- flour
For serving:
- strawberries
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven
to 175°C.
2. Divide the eggs.
3. Mix the butter
with the sugar until light and fluffy, then add the egg yolks one by one. Mix
in the lemon zest, the almond extract, amaretto and milk.
4. Sift the flour,
the corn starch and the baking powder together, then add the almond, as well.
5. Beat the egg
whites with the salt until stiff peaks form.
6. Fold the flour
mixture and the beaten egg whites to the batter alternately.
7. Spread some butter
in the pan and sprinkle it with flour and pour the batter into it. Bake it in
the oven for approximately 45 minutes until it turns golden brown.
8. Mix the
ingredients of the glaze with a whisk until smooth and pour the glaze on the
top of the bundt cake. Serve it with strawberries.
Realy nice blog!! Love this cake. Marzipan is so Christmas time!! Wanna try it. Happy day :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristel! Happy day for you too!
DeleteHello! This looks like a fabulous cake. Sorry if it's obvious, but when does the marzipan get added? I can't seem to see it in the preparation instructions.
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