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Almond Honey Cake with Citrus
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Almond Honey Cake with Citrus

Almond honey cake topped with honey sweetened mascarpone and an assortment of fresh citrus segments. Top with your choice of fruit. This recipe works well with peaches, nectarines, and figs.
Yield: 9-inch cake
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Cooling Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12

Ingredients

Almond Honey Cake:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup cornmeal
  • ¼ cup ground almonds (almond flour)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ cup honey
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • ½ cup milk, room temperature

Soaking Syrup:

  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 Tablespoons orange juice

Toppings:

  • ½ cup mascarpone, or cream cheese
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 Tablespoons honey
  • segments of 1 grapefruit, 1 orange, and 1 blood orange

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325℉. Grease 9-inch round cake pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, ground almonds, baking powder, and salt.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment (or using an hand mixer), cream butter until smooth. Add honey and continue to beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until thoroughly combined.
  • Add half of the flour mixture and mix on low speed. Mix in milk followed by the remaining half of flour mixture. Mix until there are no longer any dry streaks of flour. Transfer batter to prepared cake pan.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes before unmolding. 
  • SOAKING SYRUP: Heat honey and orange juice over the stove until honey has dissolved. 
  • Poke warm cake all over using a toothpick or the tines of a fork. Brush soaking syrup all over warm cake until absorbed. Allow cake to cool to room temperature on a wire rack.
  • TOPPING:  Before serving, whisk mascarpone until smooth. Add heavy cream and honey. Beat to soft peaks. Spoon over cooled cake. Top with citrus segments. Enjoy immediately. 

Notes

  • Cornmeal is dried corn kernels ground to fine, medium or coarse texture. Cornmeal is different from cornstarch or cornflour. 
  • Almond flour, also called almond meal, is available blanched (no skin) or unblached (with skin). Unblanched almond flour will create a speckled cake due to the skin.