almond elderflower pound cake

How To Make almond elderflower pound cake

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 325*. Butter a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan and sift a little bit of flour on the bottom and sides.
• Step 2
  Put almond paste in the bowl of a food processor. Add sugar and 1/2 cup of the flour and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Add butter and elderflower syrup and pulse until the mixture resembles marbles or peas. Add eggs one at a time, processing after each addition.
• Step 3
  Combining the remaining 1.5 cups flour with baking powder in a bowl. Gradually mix in half the flour mixture, then the milk, and then the remainder of the flour mixture.
• Step 4
  Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour. The house will smell like sweet almonds, and when it's done, a tester inserted into the cake will come out clean.
• Step 5
  Cool cake on a wire rack for about 10 minutes in the pan; then turn it out onto the rack to cool completely.
• Step 6
  If you wish to save this cake, it stores for up to 1 week in an airtight container in the fridge. If wrapped in plastic wrap and then in foil, it can be frozen for 1 month.
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