almond flour

English-style honey cake served with a mixture of fresh strawberries and whipped cream and sour cream. One of those cakes whose original recipes can be found in British cookbooks. The recipe has been modified to make the cake juicier and less sweet. As the cake is impregnated with plenty of honey, the cake dough itself contains a little less sugar. I prepared it at the end of August 2020 for my good colleague Helian. Wish you all good, strength, and success!!

Preparation time: 1.5 to 2 hours
Level: average
Quantity: one cake, 12-16 slices

Ingredients:
Cake base
330 g butter
50 g of sugar
170 g of honey
2 teaspoons lemon peel
1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs
250 g of flour
100 g of almond flour
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
A pinch of sea salt
120 ml of almond milk

Cream:
150 ml whipped cream
100 ml sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
A large handful of chopped strawberries

About twenty fresh strawberries to decorate a cake
A couple of tablespoons of almond chips (optional)

Preparation:
1. Whisk the butter, sugar, and half the amount of honey into a foam, add salt, vanilla. You can use the vanilla sugar instead of vanilla extract.
2. Whisk the eggs one by one, lemon zest. Whisk evenly.
3. Add wheat flour, almond flour, and baking powder and almond milk. Whisk evenly.
4. Preheat oven to 150 degrees, pour the dough into a tin and bake for about 45 minutes.
5. If the cake comes out of the oven, then moist it with the rest of the honey. Honey seeps into the cake and sweetens it. Allow the cake pan to cool.
6. To make the cream, whip the whipped cream, mix the sour cream and vanilla, whisk evenly.
7. Sprinkle almond chips on the cooled cake, cover the remaining cake a few centimeters thick with cream and cover with strawberries for decoration.
Done !!!