PAIN DE GÊNES - roasted almond cake. Very easy and light. Can be made gluten free flour too!

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Pain de Gênes
150g almond powder
150g caster sugar
4 eggs
95g unsalted butter (plus a bit more for your tin)
25gr corn starch
25gr plain unbleached flour
30gr almond flakes
Preheat your oven @150
Toast your almond powder for 10min on a baking tray
Increase your oven to @170
In a small pot melt the butter on low heat
Generously butter the cake tin (24cm)
Sprinkle the almond flakes
In your mixing bowl with a whisk
Combine roasted almond flour, sugar & 1 egg
Whisk until combined then add the 3 other eggs during a time of 10min
The batter must look pale and grows in volumes
Sift corn starch & flour over and fold them in the batter with a spatula. Delicately
Take out a couple of spoons of the mix and add it to the melted butter. Whisk until homogeneous.
Add this to the main batter and fold again.
Empty the contents into the tin and bake for 30min
Let cool down for 15min
Go around with a sharp knife then flip over onto a plate.
Serve as it is or dust some icing sugar.
Voilà!

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Look great💕💕💕