Apricot Almond Cake

I had an earlier photocopy of this cake in a stack of papers.

I don’t know what 12 months I photocopied it, nonetheless there it was sitting on my desk.

For weeks I assumed regarding the cake. Apricots have been on just a few of my grocery lists nonetheless all of my journeys to the grocery retailer have been fruitless. Not considered one of many apricots I seen have been ripe and so they even have been too expensive to justify less-than fruit.

Inside the event you’re questioning, for the report I say APE-RI-COT. It’s not an app to me. It’s an ape. What about you?

So, yeah…no APE-RI-COTS that I favored contained in the retailers after which….

I bought a textual content material materials message from a buddy of an image of a ton of apricots from her tree that talked about, “WANT SOME?!!”

I used to be significantly merely attempting on the recipe when she texted.

Sure, I do!  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. And I made that cake and it was GOOD.

When the second presents itself, make this Apricot Almond Cake.

It’s good served heat with vanilla ice cream.

You’ll love these juicy apricots blended with the sunshine cake and crunchy toasted almonds.

It’s sort of like a pineapple the improper methodology up cake meets a cobbler.

Now buddies, who has a fruit tree to share with me??! TEXT ME. I’ll carry you cake.

Accumulate your substances:

First, we are going to toss the apricots with sugar, lemon zest and a few of the almonds.

YES.

Put the apricots on the underside of a 9 x 13 pan handled with cooking spray.

Is handled the precise phrase? Sprayed?

Now we make the cake half. Sugar and butter will get creamed. Lemon zest goes in adopted by eggs.

Boop!

Dry substances come into play. Batter is prepared.

We toss only a few of the almonds in sugar. They may go on extreme.

Unfold that batter on extreme.

Almonds on!

Do this baked magnificence!

Considerably THIS PART!!!!

Serve it up heat collectively collectively together with your favourite vanilla ice cream.

We’re having gratifying with the leftovers for breakfast this week!

Inside the event you’ve bought a bunch of apricots to make the most of up, try the following recipes!

Apricot Almond Cake

serves 6-8

recipe tailored from Cooking in Coloration

for the apricots

• 8-12 ripe apricots, pitted and halved
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds

for the cake

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1  1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice

for the topping

• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Preheat oven to 350F

Spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray. Put aside.

Mix apricots with 1 tablespoon lemon peel, water, almond extract, sugar and almonds in a medium bowl.  Line the underside of the ready baking pan with apricots.

With a hand mixer, cream collectively butter, sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon zest in an infinite bowl till comfortable and fluffy. Steadily add eggs, one after the opposite. Adopted by the almond extract, flour, baking powder, salt and lemon juice. Combine till substances are efficiently mixed. Batter have to be a comfy, spreadable consistency.

Toss remaining almonds with 1 tablespoon of sugar in a small bowl.

Cowl the apricots with the batter, extreme with sugared almonds. Place contained in the oven and bake for about 30-35 minutes, or till firm to the contact. Serve cake heat collectively collectively together with your favourite vanilla ice cream.