There are certain recipes that feel like a warm hug from childhood, and for me, that’s Grandma’s pistachio almond coffee cake ...

To make a three-layer cake like the one in the photograph, see the variation that follows." "Almond paste is available in most supermarkets in 8-ounce cans or tubes." Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Put ...

Sieve the caster sugar and mix with the ground almonds. Beat the eggs, add the whiskey and 1 drop of pure almond essence, then add to the other ingredients and mix to a stiff paste. (You may not ...

In a mixing bowl, combine breadcrumbs, almond flour, sugar and baking powder ... Pour into prepared cake pan. Set pan in cold oven and set to 350 degrees. Bake until cake is golden brown and ...

This is my idea of a perfect cake: simple, beautiful, fragrant and beguiling. I’ve been making this sort of cake, in one form or another, since my clementine cake in How To Eat, and I can’t ...

This is based on a classic orange polenta cake. However, I find polenta (a type of cornmeal) can have a slightly gritty texture. I now use semolina instead – which is ground from hard durum wheat.