Ingredients

• 3/4 cup - plain flour
• 3/4 cup - almond meal
• 1.5 tsp - baking powder
• 80 ml - butter milk or 2 small eggs
• A pinch - salt
• 200 ml - milk
• 125 g - unsalted soft butter
• 1.5 cups - powdered sugar
• 2 tsp - almond extract
• 1 tsp - vanilla extract

How to Make Buttermilk Almond Cake

• Mix the plain flour and baking powder and sieve twice, add almond meal to this and mix well and set aside
• Add salt to buttermilk.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degree C, grease, the baking tray and flour it lightly
• Cream the sugar and butter until fluffy
• Add buttermilk, almond and vanilla extract.
• Add 1 cup of the flour mix and beat for thorough mixing
• Add the milk and remaining flour and mix thoroughly.
• Transfer this to the greased tray and bake exactly for 30 mins
• Skewer inserted does not come out clean for this cake, as it is slightly gooey in the centre.
• When cake is dark golden colour, remove from oven.
• Recipe courtesy: Swasthi's Indian Food Blog