THE CAKE WHICH GETS YOU WHAT YOU WANT....ANYTHING!
...the moistest Almond Expresso Cake with Coffee Butter Icing Life is just too short to go without the occasional EXCELLENT cake. This desperate anglo housewife has discovered how to get what she wants..call it manipulation if you will. This cake has my french husband rolling on his back, all paws in the air, begging for more. Everytime. Naughty naughty naughty! As my late mother used to say, if you are going to eat cake you might as well eat CAKE! This recipe is the "real monty" of wicked cakes. Its beauty is the low amount of flour ( good for low carbers..ha!), ground almonds and real expresso shots balanced against sweet almond. Moistest Almond and Expresso Cake with Coffee Butter Icing 180 gr butter , softened 180 gr castor sugar 3 large free range eggs ( the bigger the better! ) 1 teaspoon good quality natural sweet almond essence Double ristretto shots , equiv 6 tablespoons ( needs to be tight and strong! ) 100 gr flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ( 1 sach...