Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 175g softened butter
• 175g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 150ml natural yoghurt ( I use Greek yoghurt)
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 200g ground almonds
• 100g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 25g flaked almonds for the top of the cake

Direction

1. Beat the butter and the sugar together until light and fluffy.  Add one egg at a time, whisking well between each addition.  Add the yoghurt and the almond extract and beat well.
2. Add the ground almonds, flour and baking powder and fold in carefully.
3. Pour into a greased and lined 20cm cake tin and  sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 160°c, gas mark 3, or on the grid shelf on the floor of the Baking Oven of the Aga for about 1 hour until golden and a skewer comes out clean.