Toscakaka Recipes

Steps:

• For Cake:.
• Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Sift 1 cup plus 1 tablespoons of flour with baking powder and salt.
• Stir in flour mixture alternately with cream, stir until well blended.
• Add melted butter or margarine, blend until smooth.
• Butter a pie plate and sprinkle with fine, dry breadcrumbs or flour; coat well. Spoon batter into 9" pie plate. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until middle of cake is firm.
• For Almond Sugar Topping:.
• Combine almonds with remaining ingredients in a small saucepan. Heat, stirring until mixture begins to bubble.
• Remove from heat and stir briskly a few times.
• Spread top of cake very gently with Topping.
• Turn up heat to 375 degrees, return cake to oven and bake 5-10 minutes longer, with a cookie sheet under the pan to prevent the bottom of cake from getting overdone. bake cake until topping is brown and bubbly.

Steps:

• Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy.
• Stir in flour and melted butter. Mix well.
• Pour into greased 9" round cake pan. Bake at 350' for 30 minutes.
• Mix all topping ingredients in small saucepan. Heat the mixture, stirring continually, but do not boil. Simmer a few seconds until thick, remove from heat.
• Spread over cake. Put cake under broiler until top is golden and bubbly.
• Serve plain, warmed or at room temperature.