Ingredients

• 500 g - Icing sugar
• 300 g - Almonds
• 2 tbsp - Lime juice
• 1 - Egg yolk
• 1 tsp - Almond essence
• 1/2 cup - Water
• 1- Cake.

How to Make Almond Icing

• Soak the almonds overnight in water then grind into a thick paste.
• Add the Icing sugar, egg yolk, almond essence and lime juice.
• Now cook with a little water in a heavy bottomed pan until it solidifies.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Knead it into a stiff ball.
• Roll out to fit the cake, then spread a little egg white all over the icing.
• Spread a thin layer of jam on the cake to keep the icing in place.
• Place the layer of Almond icing over the cake
• And press gently with a spatula so that the entire cake is covered with the icing.
• Let it set for 2 days.
• Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes