This is my grandmother's recipe for a traditional German 'Ottilienkuchen' - a cake made with almond flour and chocolate sprinkles. She used to bake it in a loaf pan and it was a favorite in our house.
Preparation Time
20 mins
Cooking Time
60 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Calories
378 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 355 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
Step 2
Combine butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in rum.
Step 3
Combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and sift. Add flour mixture to the batter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix in almonds and chocolate sprinkles. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour. Turn off oven and leave cake in the warm oven for 10 more minutes.
Step 5
Remove from oven and carefully unmold onto a wire rack. Cool completely.
Step 6
Bake till a tester comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave cake in the oven for a further 10 minutes. Gently unmold onto a wire rack and let cool.
Ingredients
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ cup white sugar
¼ cup cornstarch
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon rum
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 large eggs, at room temperature
¾ cup blanched almond flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
