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Super soft Classic Icelandic Almond Cake served with a pink glaze and sliced almonds. It’s the perfect easy cake for weekend baking that everybody is going to love. I hope you enjoy!
How To Make This Classic Icelandic Almond Cake?
I always start by gathering all of the ingredients needed in a recipe and weighing and measuring everything before I start to cook or bake. This part is really important and key in keeping everything organized.
To make this classic Icelandic almond cake you start by creaming together butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Then you add the eggs one at a time mixing in between each addition.
Mix in the milk and almond extract until everything is combined. And stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
With the mixer on low speed, slowly mix in the dry ingredients until just combined. Careful not to overmix the batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester/toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Once done baking let the cake cool down for 5 minutes in the pan and then remove the cake to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Make the pink glaze by mixing together all of the glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle or pour over the top of the cooled almond cake. Sprinkle sliced almonds on top and serve.
How To Store This Classic Icelandic Almond Cake?
Store any leftovers of this cake in an airtight container at room temperature for 4-5 days.
What To Bake This Cake In?
I bake this cake in a 9 inch cake pan but you can also use a springform pan, bundt pan or a standard 9×5 loaf pan.
Notes & Substitutions
Butter – Instead of butter you can use vegetable oil.
Almond Extract – If you don’t like or have almond extract, you can use vanilla extract or any other type of extract instead.
Pink Food Coloring – Traditionally in Iceland, almond cakes are served with a pink glaze colored with either pink food coloring or juice such as cranberry juice. So instead of using pink food coloring you can substitute the milk or water with the same amount of cranberry juice.
Sliced Almonds – Other common toppings for almond cake in Iceland are sprinkles or shredded coconut.
Other Recipes You Might Like:
Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Almonds
5 Minute Double Chocolate Mug Cake
I hope you enjoy this classic Icelandic almond cake as much as I do. And if you make it be sure to leave a comment and/or give it a rating! I’d also love to hear from you on Instagram and see pictures of what you make. So if you do, don’t forget to tag @alaingablog
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PrintClassic Icelandic Almond Cake
Super soft Classic Icelandic Almond Cake served with a pink glaze and sliced almonds. It’s the perfect easy cake for weekend baking that everybody are going to love.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 1x 9″ cake
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
115 gr / 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
200 gr / 1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
120 gr / ½ cup milk, of choice
1 teaspoon almond extract
315 gr / 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon fine salt
Pink Glaze:
195 gr / 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons milk, or water
1 drop pink food coloring
Sliced almonds, for garnish
Instructions
Preheat oven to 175C / 350F and grease a 9 inch cake pan or springform pan.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time mixing in between each addition.
Mix in the milk and almond extract until everything is combined.
In a small bowl stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.
With the mixer on low speed, slowly mix in the dry ingredients until just combined. Careful not to overmix the batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester/toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Once done baking let the cake cool down for 5 minutes in the pan and then remove the cake to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
To make the pink glaze: Mix together all of the glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle or pour over the top of the cooled almond cake. Sprinkle sliced almonds on top and serve.
