April's Almond Cake with Fudgy Icing

April's Almond Cake with Fudgy Icing

My great-nephew wanted me to make a cake for his grandmother.  He said she liked Almond Vanilla cake with Fudge icing.  I Googled it and saw several recipes for gluten free almond cakes but nothing that looked like what she would be wanting, so I made up my own recipe.   The recipe makes three layers but since we had more people at my house, I iced one layer for her and two for us.  So if you make the receipe, remember that you will have three layers.  My daughter had the idea to use the marshmallow fluff for the icing and it was so yummy!  Thanks baby - great idea!

April's Almond Cake with Fudgy Icing

Little slice of yummy goodness!

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Sugar
• 1 Cup Butter, room temperature
• 4 Large Eggs, room temperature
• 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 1 Teaspoon Almond Extract
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Salt
• 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 3 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
• 2 Cups Full Fat Yogurt
• 12 ounces Chocolate Chips (I used Ghirardelli.)
• 7 ounces Kraft Marshmallow Fluff
• 1/2 Cup Half-n-half

Cooking Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour three 9 inch cake pans.
3. Beat the sugar and butter together until creamy.
4. Add the eggs one at a time.
5. Mix the flour, salt, baking soda in a small bowl.
6. Mix the apple cider vinegar with the yogurt.
7. Next, add about half of the yogurt mixture to the sugar and butter mixture.
8. Now add about half the flour mixture.
9. Mix in the remaining yogurt mixture and then the remaining flour mixture.
10. Stir in the vanilla and almond extract.
11. Pour into baking pans and bake about 25 - 28 minutes. Check if done with a toothpick. If a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, the cake is done.
12. Let cool about fifteen minutes.
13. Meanwhile, add place the chocolate chips and half-n-half in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for two minutes. Remove from microwave and stir in marshmallow fluff.
14. Stir until completely smooth and combined.
15. If you prefer, you can use a double boiler to melt the chocolate chips in with the half-n-half.
16. Place one cake on a serving platter and pour about half the icing over.
17. Top with the top layer and slowly pour remaining icing over cake. Enjoy!
18. ***Note*** The picture only has two layers because I was actually making the cake for my nephew's grandmother and we had several people at our house who wanted cake!