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Tuesday 23 July 2013

Fallen Almond Pound Cake


Hot! Hot! Hot!  Yes the weather is getting terribly unbearable HOT to me!  From 4Celcius to 36Celcius and how's that?  And yes, I am back home sweet home and I am still on jet lag.  I wakes up at 3am every morning and feeling not knowing how to spend the wee hours away, so I thought of baking away and make use of my new 12 hole bundt pan.  

I have been eyeing this 12 hole bundt pan for so long and when this pan caught my eye while shopping in Auckland, it was way too expensive to own.  So my sister and I waited till for the next offer/discount and yes.....finally it was buy one free one.

I have previously used this bundt pan while I'm still in NZ, but it was used to make agar agar......  And now I am using it for baking pound cake instead.



Fallen Almond Pound Cake 
Recipe from sophistimom

Ingredients

225g unsalted butter, softened
225g package of cream cheese, softened slightly
285g cups sugar (I added only 220g)
4 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
250g unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup almond flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons kosher salt


sliced almonds, for garnish
confectioners’ sugar for dusting
2 cups sour cherries (or another kind of berry)


1. Preheat oven to 165 degrees celsius. Butter 2 8 inch cake pans, and line with a round of parchment paper.  (I used 12 hole mini bundt pan and 1 small loaf pan)

2. In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and cream cheese. Pour in sugar and mix until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing well until each is incorporated.

3. While ingredients are mixing, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to the wet ingredients.

4. Distribute batter evenly between the pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes.  Let cool and cut into slices. Sprinkle with almonds and dust with confectioners’ sugar. Toss cherries or other berries with about a tablespoon of sugar (depending on the sweetness of the fruit), and spoon over the top of the cake. Wrap any extras tightly in plastic wrap and freeze for up to one month.


  Using mini bundt pan usually shorten the time of baking.









Just love this mini bundt pan so much......isn't it sweet to make Agar Agar in it too?


25 comments:

  1. I'm no.1 today! I thought why NZ has suddenly experienced the summer temperature, hahaha! Must be missing your sister there! I think the bundt shape looks more obvious in agar-agar, isn't it? This bundt mould is selling like aud$35 here, what abt in NZ?

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    1. Hi Jessie
      It is unbearable hot here in JB!. Yes indeed, I missed my sister very much as we both enjoyed baking and cooking together....so much fun together. In NZ, this mould sold at normal price NZ$45.00 but it was on offer BUY ONE GET ONE FREE....got two and share it with my sis.

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  2. I just love your bundt pan! Hope you recover from jet lag soon.

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    1. Hi Mich
      I love this bundt pan too..... I think my jetlag will recover in one week's time.

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  3. Mel, you little bundt cakes are so pretty and cute! And so are the agar-agar. I wonder if I can find this pan over here.

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    1. Hi Phong Hong
      I hope you can find this bundt pan too either in KL. But I have been sourcing everywhere but in vain.... Mini bundt pan is good to use as it baked and cooked in shorter time

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  4. Welcome home! It's good to be back but on the other hand it's sad to be apart from your sister again, huh. I feel exactly the same way with my sister :( Anyway, the pan is indeed a good buy, the cake and the agar look so cute in mini size :)

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  5. Welcome home, mel! I just love love love all the creations you made using this mini bundt tin ^^! I thought the jelly was so super gorgeous when you posted it on fb.. beautiful color, shape and styling! Even though the tin is very pricey, I believe they are totally worth it ^^ your bakes are so pretty!

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  6. Lovely cakes, Mel! This sounds like a good recipe. The cream cheese and almond flour must have given it a really good texture. Hopping around Asia, too and sure am feeling the heat.

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  7. Recipe looks fabulous but the pictures are what sell it for sure!

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  8. both cake and agar-agar are pretty using this mini bundt pan, lucky you have it with 50% discount ..(normal price / 2 ), hehehe..

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  9. Welcome home, Mel! Your bundt cake looks lovely! I've read your reply to Phong Hong. I bought the mini bundt pan ages ago, if I remember it was from Bake With Yen. Yours of course looks like of the better quality! And your agar-agar is very tempting! :)

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  10. Your mini bundts look pretty. I have this mould too, but never thought of making jelly with it. Good reminder. I do love your cake racks. I was eyeing a black one, Donna Hay's antique rack from David Jones when I was in Melb...... but it was way too expensive!

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  11. Hi Mel, a query about about your previous steaamed kuih, what is green bean flour? is it Hoen Kwe flour? If it isnt what is this flour called in chinese? tx Mrs Singh
    Ipoh

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    1. Mrs Singh,
      Green Bean Flour also known as Mung Bean Flour (or in Chinese as "Lok Dou Fun") . Hope this helps!

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  12. Hi Mel, your new toy bundt pan is really awesome make beautiful cakes and agar agar!!!! I love the colour of your agar-agar so SWEET!!!!

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  13. Hi Mel, lovely mini bundt cake & agreed with Esther, really like your agar-agar color! They all look so inviting & CUTE! ;)

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  14. Hi Mel! I love mini cakes as it's a lot easier to portion cakes. The cakes look so tempting, wish I'm having a slice now!

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  15. Hi Mel! You are back to Msia?

    Beautiful mini bundt cakes you had baked! Love the agar agar on the very-english tray! :D

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  16. Oh wow, love these cute bundts!!! Awesome..and makes my mouth watery here...haha :)

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  17. Your Fallen Almond Pound Cake looks elegant and delicious. Now, you made me want to get that cake pan too. :) But don't think I can get one on discount as good as yours though. I the way you use the pan for agar agar too. :)

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  18. Hi Mel, the pound cake looks so adorable in the bundt pan, I like the pink agar agar too!

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  19. Hi Mel,
    Love your cute and lovely bundt mould.
    Both cake and agar looks so pretty..
    mui

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  20. Hi Mel,

    When I first read your "HOT HOT HOT", I was thinking that NZ can be that HOT!!! ok ok, you are back home... now I see :p

    Never thought of using bundt pan to make agar agar... Your little pink ones are so pretty :D

    Zoe

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  21. Hi, the agar-agar u made using the mini bundt mold looks so enticing. My daughter will surely love it.I have a mini bundt mold but never tot of using it to make agar-agar. Thanks for the idea :)

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