How to make Italian almond cake step by step

Step 1 - preparations

• Grease the baking pan with butter and sprinkle with wheat flour or breadcrumbs - you can also line it with baking paper.
• Preheat the oven to 180 ℃ (top/bottom heat mode) or 170 ℃ (convection mode).
• Sift together wheat flour, baking powder, and almond flour through a fine sieve.
  250 g all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 50 g almond flour
  

Step 2 - preparing the almond cake

• Transfer the butter to a bowl with the sugar and almond extract.
  180 g butter, 200 g powdered sugar, approx. 1 teaspoon almond extract
  
• Beat them together until they become fluffy and light in color - I usually beat for about 3 minutes on the mixer's highest speed.
  
• Add the eggs one by one to the butter mixture, mixing briefly after each addition, but now on low speed.
  2 eggs
  
• Alternately add a little flour and a little milk to the batter, mixing briefly on low speed.
  250 ml milk
  
• Finally, add the rest of the flour and mix briefly - stop mixing when you still see remnants of flour on the sides.
  
• Then gently stir the batter with a spoon.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
  
• Sprinkle the top of the almond cake with chopped almonds.
  approx. 75 g almonds
  

Step 3 - baking the almond cake

• Place the pan with the cake into the preheated oven and bake for about 40-50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• After baking, let the cake cool.
• Before serving, you can additionally dust them with a little powdered sugar.