Amaretto Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g plain flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt
220 g butter, plus extra for greasing
220 g sugar, plus extra for sprinkling on the cake
4 eggs
50 g almonds, chopped
50 g almonds, ground
1 lemon, zest of
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 dash milk or 1 dash yoghurt
200 g amaretti, crushed
125 ml amaretto liqueur

Preparation

Mix and combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Beat the butter and sugar together for 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time, with a spoonful of the flour mixture between each addition.
Add the chopped and ground almonds, the remaining flour, the lemon zest and vanilla extract. If the mixture is too thick add a little milk or yoghurt until it is a dropping consistency.
Mix the amaretti biscuits and amaretto together in a separate bowl.
Pour half the mixture into tin and level the surface with a palette knife until smooth. Place the crushed amaretti biscuits on top. Cover with the rest of the mixture and sprinkle the top with sugar. Bake in the oven at 160\u00b0C for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.