Buttered Almond Cake

I'm a big fan of this cake. The buttered almond topping is really out of this world and makes this simple cake one to be enjoyed again and again and again...

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

• Cake

• 3  eggs, room temperature
• 1  cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 3  tablespoons milk
• 1  tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  almond extract

• Buttered-Almond Topping

• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  whipping cream
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3⁄4 cup  blanched slivered almond, toasted

Directions

1. For cake: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350F.
2. Butter and flour 10 inch springform pan.
3. Beat eggs and sugar in medium bowl until pale yellow, about 8 minutes.
4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt and fold into egg mixture.
5. Fold in melted butter, milk, vanilla and almond extracts, until smooth.
6. Turn into prepared pan.
7. Bake about 30-35 minutes.
8. At the 30 minute mark- make the topping.
9. For buttered-almond topping: Melt butter in skillet over low heat.
10. Mix in sugar, cream and salt, and cook, swirling pan occasionally, until sugar dissolves.
11. Increase heat to high and bring to boil.
12. Let boil vigorously exactly 2 ½ minutes.
13. Stir in vanilla extract and immediately pour hot topping over cake.
14. Sprinkle evenly with roasted almonds.
15. Continue baking until topping is bubbly and brown, watching very carefully, about 12 minutes.
16. Serve warm or at room temperature.
17. Whipped cream is good with this (but what isn’t whipped cream good with?).