Baking · Finnish

Almond Queen's Cake (Manteli-kuningatarkakku)

Name: Almond Queen's Cake (Manteli-kuningatarkakku)
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 150 g butter or baking margarine; 2 dl sugar; 3 eggs; 2 dl wheat flour; 1 dl almond meal; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla sugar; 0.5 tsp cardamom; 100 g blueberries frozen; 100 g fresh blueberries; 100 g raspberries frozen; 100 g fresh raspberries; 1 tbsp potato starch; 1 dl flaked almonds

Raspberry-blueberry cake is the sweetest easy treat of the summer. In addition to the berries, this succulent queen's cake tastes of almond and cardamom!

Smarrig Kitchen1y

Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Cook 1 h 15 minTotal 1 h 15 minInspired by k-ruoka.fi

Method

1
Line the bottom of a springform cake tin (Ø 24 cm) with baking paper. Grease the tin and dust with wheat flour.
2
Whisk the room-temperature butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3
Add the room-temperature eggs to the mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4
Mix the dry ingredients together and add the flour mixture to the batter. Mix until smooth.
5
Set aside about 1 dl of the batter for the topping. Pour the rest of the batter into the tin and smooth the surface.
6
Toss the berries in the potato starch. If using fresh berries, you do not need the potato starch.
7
Spread the berries evenly over the batter. Spoon the remaining batter on top of the berries in small dollops. Finish with the flaked almonds.
8
Bake on the bottom rack of a 175-degree oven for 40-50 minutes. Cover the cake with baking paper towards the end of baking if the surface starts to brown too much. Check if the cake is done with a toothpick. Remove the cake from the springform tin once it has cooled slightly.