Mastic Cake

This mastic cake was an experiment and if you love trying different ingredients and unusual flavours then do check it out. Along with ground almonds and cardamom, the mastic adds and interesting flavour.

Course cake, Dessert

Cuisine Greek

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 45

Servings

Calories 301kcal

Author Corina Blum

Ingredients

125 g ground almonds
125 g icing sugar
110 g butter
2 eggs
75 g self raising flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
1 g mastic I used 2g previously but have reduced it since.
1 teaspoon caster sugar
2 cardamom pods

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Put the mastic, caster sugar and the seeds from 2 cardamom pods in a spice grinder or pestle and mortar. Grind to a powder.
Put this powder in a large mixing bowl with the ground almonds, icing sugar and butter. Cream together.
Add the egg and beat with a whisk. Then add the self-raising flour and baking powder and whisk until everything is combined.
Put the mixture in a greased 15cm cake tin and bake in the oven at about 170°C for 45 minutes.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only.

Nutrition

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