• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

MmGood

Lifetime Recipes Made Easy

  • Home
  • Food Blog
  • Recipes
  • Travel / Food Reviews
  • Product Reviews
  • Contact
Home » almond

almond

Coconut Almond Pound Cake!

August 3, 2017 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum Leave a Comment

Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean we don’t need a cheat day right?  That’s why I created the perfect coconut almond pound cake…and I know you will love this recipe….

Read More »

Filed Under: Cakes / Cupcakes, Desserts Tagged With: almond, bake baking, baked, cake, coconut, dense, fluffy, mm-good, mmgood, recipe, recipes, shortbread, toasted

Homemade Almond Joy Cup

June 27, 2017 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum Leave a Comment

OMG is there anything better than rich chocolate, sweet coconut and a salty nut?  Two words, almond joy…ok, let me change it to three words…homemade almond joy…enough said!

…

Read More »

Filed Under: 6 Ingredients or Less, Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: 6-ingredient, almond, bars, chocolate, coconut, easy, homemade, joy, less, mm-good, mmgood, no bake, nut, nuts, recipe, recipes

An Italian Chocolate Almond Cake for Passover

April 2, 2015 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum Leave a Comment

Being an Italian Catholic, Passover was not a holiday I celebrated and the Jewish holidays were foreign to me (click here if you would like to learn more about the Passover holiday).  When I was married to a Jewish man, over the past 20 years, I learned all about the the traditions and celebrations of Judaism and hosted many holidays at our house and together we created our own traditions one thing that was very important to me was to always incorporate a little Italian in all my food.

Several years ago I decided I wanted to make an amazing dessert for the Passover and found this old recipe for chocolate almond cake, it worked perfect for the celebration as there was nothing in the dessert to make it rise, it doesn’t have flour and it has chocolate (not a requirement but always welcomed for Passover).  I made this dessert and it was a home run…everyone loved it!

This is not a beginner recipe, there are many steps to it and I would challenge even an entry level baker to try, if you have any issues with it, email me at Patty@MmGood.com and I would be happy to assist you for next time.  I happen to love orange in my cakes or with chocolate, if you do not like orange, then you can omit it from your recipe and it will be just as tasty.

Prepare the baking pan by lining it with parchment paper, I sprayed the bottom first with oil and then I layed the parchment on top

baking pan

put  the almonds and 1/4 cup of sugar in a food processor

almonds sugar

process until fine, place the processed almonds in a bowl and set aside

processed

do the same for your chocolate chips and place in a bowl

chocolate

using a mixer, beat your yolks with the remainder of the sugar and orange zest

yolks

do this until the yolks are pale

whipped yolks

add the ground chocolate chips and almonds your mix will be very thick

almond mixed

whip the whites of the eggs with a pinch of salt until firm peaks (about 6 minutes)

whipped whites

add the whipped egg whites to the almond/yolk mixture, do this by folding the egg whites into the mixture as you are not wanting to deflate the whites

mixed

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the cake is cook through

almond baked

make your chocolate topping by melting the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals until it’s completely melted.  When the cake is cooled off, add the chocolate to the topping

Almond Cake

I forgot that I liked chopped nuts on my cake so here is an old photo of the cake (I gave this cake to a friend for passover and forgot to top it prior to giving it away, silly me but don’t skip this process.

Cake_-_Chocolate_Almond_w_Orange-310-102

This is a great recipe for anytime of the year, especially around Passover or Easter.  For beginners I know it’s a lot of steps involved but go slow, try not to over mix the egg whites with the almond mixture and make sure to beat the whites until firm. I’d welcome any photos anyone wants to send me at Patty@MmGood.com.  Enjoy!!!

.

Thank you for visiting my site and I hope you enjoy this recipe.  I do love comments so please feel free to leave me your comment or suggestion.  If you would like to be kept up to date with all my new recipes, I only post twice a week, please subscribe in the box listed on the top of the page “Subscribe Via Email”. You will be emailed with a link to confirm you are interested in the subscription so be sure to click on that link too.

Don’t forget to follow me on twitter, pinterest, facebook and subscribe to my youtube channel

Thank you again ~ Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum

.

 

Print
An Italian Chocolate Almond Cake for Passover

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups Almonds, whole, not toasted
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • ¾ cup Sugar
  • 5 large eggs, separated
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 1 cup Chocolate chips, divided
  • 1 tablespoon Milk, whole
  • Pinch of Salt

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, prepare an 8" springform baking pan by spraying it with oil and laying parchment paper on the bottom.
  2. Grind the almonds in a food processor with 1/4 cup of sugar until fine and powdery, set aside. Process 1/4 cup of chocolate chips in the same processor and process until fine.
  3. Meanwhile, beat the yolks with 3/4 cup sugar and orange zest until thick and pale.
  4. Fold the ground up chocolate and almonds into the egg yolk mixture and mix until it is all incorporated.
  5. In a new bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form, 4-6 minutes.
  6. Gently fold the egg whites into the egg/almond mixture making sure not to over mix or you will deflate the batter.
  7. Bake 30-35 minutes, until cooked through the middle. Cool on a rack.
  8. Melt the remaining chocolate in the microwave with 1 tablespoon milk in 30 second intervals until it is melted and smooth, stir in between intervals, you are looking for the chocolate to reach a smooth consistency. Spread the chocolate onto the cake, decorate with a few chopped almonds and serve.
3.1
https://mmgood.com/chocolate-almond-cake-for-passover/
Recipe belongs to Patty @MmGood.com, please contact me to use for personal use

Filed Under: Cakes / Cupcakes, Desserts, Holiday, Italian Tagged With: almond, baked, cake, chocolate, delicious, dessert, different, flourless, jewish, mm-good, mmgood, orange, traditional, yummy, zest

12 Days of Cookies – Spritz (Almond) Cookies

December 9, 2013 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum Leave a Comment

What’s a “spritz cookie” or “almond cookie” I bet that’s what you are thinking right about now as I never knew the name of this type of a cookie, I always thought it was called a “Jewish cookie” but really that’s not a name for a cookie now is it.  I say a Jewish cookie because when I go to the deli’s out here (most of which are Jewish), they always have these cookies in the display case.  And while we have great Italian deli’s most don’t serve cookies.

…

Read More »

Filed Under: Cookies, Desserts, Holiday, How To Video Tutorials Tagged With: 12-day, almond, amazing, baked, baking, cake, chocolate, Christmas, cookie, cookies, decorated, delicious, easy, holiday, kid friendly, mm-good, mmgood, one-bowl, recipe, recipes, tasty, yum

Homemade Healthy Fruit and Nutty (granola) Protein Bars Recipe

June 29, 2013 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum 7 Comments

I don’t know about you but with the hot summer months, I’m not a fan of large meals and I don’t tend to have a sweet tooth.  That’s why I’m sharing this super easy, healthy and tasty fruit and nut bar recipe which has dried fruit and nuts and no chocolate in this bar recipe…sorry :(.  And let’s face it, nuts and dried fruit are much better than ice cream as they are all protein based (mostly).

…

Read More »

Filed Under: How To Video Tutorials, Snacks Tagged With: almond, bar, bars, blueberries, blueberry, cashew, coconut, dried fruit, easy, healthy, homemade, mm-good, mmgood, nut, nuts, protein, recipe, seeds, sesame-seed

Chocolate Biscotti with Almonds a Healthy Version

April 30, 2013 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum Leave a Comment

It’s “Tasty Tuesday” and I have a great biscotti recipe for you.  Being Italian I grew up eating my fair share of biscotti cookies and all different types.

…

Read More »

Filed Under: Cookies, Holiday, Italian Tagged With: almond, baked, biscotti, chocolate, cookie, cookies, crisp, easy, Italian, mm-good, mmgood, recipe, recipes, traditional, yummy

Primary Sidebar

Exclusive Offer

Never Miss a Post…

Meet Patty

My name is Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum and I am a “certified chef” who graduated from the Westlake Culinary Institute. While I have the experience from culinary school, I’m really only a home cook that loves to experiment and try new things. I am a single mom of two teenaged children and everyday my children teach me invaluable lessons about life.

Follow Me on Twitter

Recipe Archives

Follow me on Instagram

Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2022 · MmGood.com ~ Thank you for your visit today! by Digital GIG

Never Miss a Post!

Sign up to receive new posts direct to your inbox

 

 

Your information will *never* be shared or sold to a third party