Most Delicious Almond Cake that melts in your mouth! 🤎

Soft Almond Cake that melts in your mouth! 🤎🍰 This easy almond cake recipe is soft, buttery and full of almond flavour, with a rich almond topping baked over the surface and a simple icing drizzle to finish. Made with ground almonds, butter and almond extract, this homemade cake has a beautifully tender crumb and a golden bakery-style almond topping. It’s perfect with coffee or tea, for afternoon tea, dessert, brunch or an easy weekend bake. 🤎🍰 Almond Crumb Cake with Icing Drizzle Ingredients For the Almond Cake Salted butter – 130g (½ cup + 1 tablespoon), softened Sugar – 130g (½ cup + 2½ tablespoons) Eggs – 3 Plain flour – 165g (1 cup + 2 tablespoons) Baking powder – 1 teaspoon Ground almonds / almond flour – 35g (5 tablespoons) Almond extract / essence – ½ teaspoon Flaked almonds – optional I use salted butter. If using unsalted butter, simply add a small pinch of salt. For the Almond Crumb Topping Butter – 75g (⅓ cup), softened Sugar – 75g (¼ cup + 2 tablespoons) Milk – 80ml (⅓ cup) Lemon juice – 1 teaspoon Plain flour – 25g (3 tablespoons) Ground almonds / almond flour – 110g (1 cup) Almond extract / essence – ½ teaspoon I used demerara sugar for a slightly deeper colour, but white sugar or light brown sugar will also work. For the Optional Icing Drizzle Powdered sugar / icing sugar – ½ cup Milk – about 1 tablespoon, plus a little extra if needed Equipment Measuring cup size: 240ml Baking pan: 20 × 20cm (8 × 8 inch) Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C (350°F) for approximately 45–50 minutes. Method Make the Almond Crumb Topping Add the softened butter and sugar to a bowl. Whisk for about 1 minute, until creamy. Add the milk, lemon juice, plain flour, ground almonds and almond extract. Mix until everything is well combined and you have a thick almond topping. Set aside while you prepare the cake batter. Make the Almond Cake Batter Add the softened butter and sugar to a large mixing bowl. Whisk for about 2–3 minutes, until light and cream