Almod cake recipe for Jillian

... and for anyone who wants it.

Ingredients:

125 gr soft butter or margarine
125 gr sugar
50 gr vanilla-favoured sugar
1 pinch of salt
4 eggs
150 gr flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
100 gr ground almonds
6 drops of almond oil
6 tablespoons of milk

And this is how it's made:

Stir the butter until it's really smooth. Add sugar, vanilla and salt and stir it some more. Add the eggs and - would you believe it? - stir again, until you get a smooth, light cream.

Add flour and backing powder. You're guessing it right: stir.

Add almond oil and milk. Yep, stir again.

Pre-heat the oven to 200 °C. Smear the baking tin (any shape you want) with butter and powder it with flour, or else your cake will bake to it.

Reduce heat in the oven and bake the cake for about 55 minutes. Stick it with a thin wooden or metal stick: if it comes back clean, the cake is finished. Let it rest in the baking tin for a few minutes, then free it carefully and sprinkle icing sugar over it.

Bon Appetite!