Tosca Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 eggs
150 g caster sugar
400 g flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
100 ml milk
125 g butter, unsalted & melted
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1/8 teaspoon salt
Nut topping
80 g butter, unsalted
125 g almonds, slivered
125 g sugar
4 tablespoons cream
1 tablespoon flour

Preparation

Heat oven to 200\u00b0C.
Either butter a 22cm springform tin or line with baking paper.
Beat eggs until frothy then add the sugar and beat until thick and a pale yellow.
Shift flour, baking powder and salt, then add to egg mixture and fold together.
Add the milk and melted butter. Pour into the prepared cake tin making sure you flatten the top, bake for 20 minutes.
While the cake is baking make the topping by placing all the ingredients into a pot and bring to the boil.
Remove the cake from the oven - it won't be completely cooked - and spread over the topping.
Bake a further 10-15 mins or until the top is nice a browned.
The cake won't rise a lot but be rather flat.