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Title: Almond Rum Cake
Categories: Brotmachine
Yield: 1 1.5lb loaf
| Sponge -------------------- | ||
| 1 | tb | Sugar |
| 1 1/2 | c | Unbleached white flour |
| 1 | tb | Yeast |
| 1 | c | Milk |
| Dough --------------------- | ||
| 1 1/4 | c | Unbleached white flour |
| 1 | ts | Baking powder |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 3/4 | c | Fine ground almonds |
| 3/4 | c | Sugar |
| 6 | oz | Unsalted butter (melted) |
| 2 | ts | Almond extract |
| 3 | Eggs, extra large | |
| Cake ---------------------- | ||
| 1/3 | c | Rum |
| 1/2 | c | Sugar |
| 1 | Ground lemon rind |
Sponge- Have all ingredients at room temp. Place ingredients in machine. Program for dough. After 4 minutes press stop and allow sponge to rest while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
Dough- Have all ingredients at room temp. Sift the flour together with the baking powder and salt into a bowl, stir in the ground almonds and set aside. In a separate bowl, shisk together the sugar and butter, add the almond extract, and shisk in the eggs. Press start and add a third of the dry ingredients, then half the wet ingredients, anouther third of the dry, the rest of the wet, and the remaining dry. Wait until the ingredients are moistened before proceeding with each addition. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides down. Allow the machine to knead until the mixture is competely blended. cut into the batter with the batter with the rubber spatula to make sure there are no pockets of dry ingredients. Press stop. : Completing the cake- Generously butter a 12 cup nonstick tube pan. Quickly lift and twist the baking pan out of the machine and pour the batter into the prepared pan. Unplug the machine and wipe up any spilled batter. Cover the tube pan with plastic wrap and allow th dough to rise for 2 hours in a warm, draft-free place. : Preheat the oven to 350 deg with the rack in the center position. Bake the cake for 45 minutes, covering it loosely with foil if it begins to get too dark after 30 minutes of baking. : While the cake is baking, make the glaze. Place all the ingredients in a small pan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then allow the mixture to boil for 3 minutes. : When the cake is done, cool it in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmold it onto a large cake plate. Using a small spoon, spoon the glaxe fron the pan over the top of the cake, where it will sink in. Use all the glaze, scraping out the glze from the inside of the pan.
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