Badam Cake

I prepared Badam cake for day 2 of Blogging Marathon #22 under Diwali Special.The main thing to note while making this cake is the final consistency and I got the right texture.

Ingredients:

Almonds	1 cup
Sugar	2 cups
Ghee	½ cup
Saffron	few strands
Milk	as needed

Method:

• Soak Almonds in hot water for 5-6 hrs.I usually soak it overnight.
• Peel off the skin and grind the almonds and milk(around 3/4 cup) to a fine paste.
• Heat a pan,add the sugar and little water enough to immerse the sugar.Stir till sugar is dissolved.
• Grease a plate with ghee and keep it ready.Soak saffron in little warm milk.
• Boil till the sugar syrup reaches one string consistency.(If you press little syrup between your thumb and index fingers,it should form a single thread)
• Now add the ground almond paste,saffron milk and mix well.
• Stir continuously.Once it starts thickening add ghee little by little and stir well.
• Once the mixture starts leaving the sides and you get a froth like texture, immediately pour on the greased plate and level the top using a flat base.
• After 4-5 mins draw lines to make pieces and remove after some time.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#22.

Sending this to Vardhini's Diwali Bash.