Crispy caramelized almond cake

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Reader, yep, Tosca is a famous Opera, but it is also a synonym for a caramelized almond topping in Nordic countries. At the same time, the Opera premiered in Sweden Toscakaka - the Tosca cake appeared in Swedish cookbooks.

It is a soft sponge cake with a crispy caramelized almond topping - the yummy Tosca. And today I'm sharing the recipe with you.

Step-by-step recipe for the Swedish Tosca cake

Ingredients for Swedish Tosca cake

Cake batter

2 eggs
150 g caster sugar
90 g wheat flour
40 g almond meal
1,5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla sugar
50 ml milk
150 g butter

Cake topping

75 g butter
100g almond flakes
60 g brown sugar
50 ml milk
1 tbsp wheat flour

Additional ingredients

Butter and bread crumbs for buttering the cake tin
Powdered sugar to dust on the top

Instructions

Step one: Prepare oven, butter, and cake tin
Set the oven temperature to 175°C ( 347°F).

Melt the butter for the cake batter in the pot and set aside to cool.

Butter the spring form edges and place a round-shaped parchment paper on the bottom of the cake tin.
Step two: Whisk sugar and eggs
Mix the caster sugar and eggs in an electric mixer using high speed for about 5 minutes. When you can « write » an 8 on the surface with batter without the shape disappearing in the first second your sugar-egg mixture is well whisked.
Step three: Mix the dry ingredients
Mix together wheat flour, almond meal, baking powder and vanilla sugar in a separate bowl and set aside.
Step four: Mix the wet ingredients
Mix milk with the melted butter in the pot and set aside so that the butter cools down.
Step five: Mix all alternating wet and dry ingredients
Lastly, pour alternating the flour mixture and the milk-butter mixture into the egg-sugar batter and whisk carefully using a spatula to keep the batter fluffy.
Step six: Pour into the cake tin and bake
Pour the Tosca cake batter into the prepared tin and bake in the middle of the oven for about 20 minutes.
Step seven: Make the caramelized almond topping
While the Tosca cake base is baking in the oven, it’s time to mix the topping ingredients. Measure the butter and brown sugar into the pot and let them melt. Add in milk, wheat flour, and lastly the almond flakes. Keep the stove on medium-high heat to caramelize the topping, it should become slightly sticky but not dry.
Step eight: Spread the topping and bake some more
Take the cake from the oven. Set the oven to 200°C (392°F) Spread the caramelized almond topping on top of the cake base and return to the oven to bake about 10 minutes until the topping looks golden brown. Let the cake cool completely until you detach the spring form. If it feels stuck, use a knife to detach the cake. Dust with the icing sugar if you like.

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Every day makes a difference. ♡

Sonja

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