How to Make Appetizing Almond Blackcurrant Pound Cake

Almond Blackcurrant Pound Cake.

You can cook Almond Blackcurrant Pound Cake using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Almond Blackcurrant Pound Cake

1. You need 2 cups of all purpose flour.
2. You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
3. Prepare 1/8 tsp of baking soda.
4. It's 1/8 of salt.
5. It's 1 tbs of poppy seeds (you can add more).
6. Prepare 3/4 cup of sugar.
7. It's 2 of eggs.
8. It's 1/2 cup of butter or margarine.
9. It's 1 cup of Mala (sour milk).
10. It's 1 tbs of vanilla essence.
11. You need 100 gm of dried blackcurrants.
12. Prepare 100 gm of Almond flakes.

Almond Blackcurrant Pound Cake step by step

1. In a pan put some water and add the currants till they are covered by water. Let them simmer on medium low heat for 5 mins.drain the water and keep aside..
2. Pre-heat oven at 180°C and grease the baking pan.
3. Mix all the dry ingredients in one bowl. Chop half the almonds and add them to the dry ingredients together with poopy seeds.
4. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar..
5. Add the eggs one by one and mix.
6. Add mala and vanilla essence and mix.
7. Add the currants and mix.
8. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix, careful not to over mix.
9. Pour the mixture into a greased tin. Sprinkle the remaining almonds on top and bake for 50 mins at 180°c.
10. Allow the cake to cool down before slicing. Enjoy with a hot cup of tea..