Mango Almond Sponge Cake Recipes

ALMOND SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place almonds in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet; toast until golden, about 10 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack, and let almonds cool.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Place the cooled almonds and the cornstarch in bowl of a food processor. Process until finely ground, about 30 seconds. Set aside.
• Butter two 6-inch-round layer-cake pans. Line pans with parchment paper, and butter again. Flour pans, and set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, mix together egg yolks and vanilla. With mixer on high speed, gradually add 1/4 cup sugar. Beat until pale, thick, and light, about 5 minutes. Transfer egg-yolk mixture to a large bowl; set aside. Wash and dry mixer bowl and attachment.
• Place egg whites and salt in the clean mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Increase the speed to high, and gradually add the remaining sugar. Beat until stiff and glossy, about 4 minutes.
• Fold the egg-white mixture into the egg-yolk mixture. In three additions, fold the reserved ground-almond mixture into this new mixture. Divide the batter between the two prepared pans, and smooth the tops with an offset spatula.
• Bake cakes until a cake tester inserted into the middle comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool, about 25 minutes. Turn out cakes, and cover with plastic wrap until ready to use.

MANGO-ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix all streusel ingredients with pastry blender or fork until crumbly; set aside.
• In large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; mix well. Cut in 1/4 cup butter using pastry blender or fork until mixture is crumbly. Stir in milk, almond extract and egg until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spread half of the batter (about 3/4 cup) in pan, forming thin layer. Top with half of the mango; sprinkle with half of streusel. Drizzle remaining batter evenly over streusel. Carefully spread batter to completely cover streusel. Sprinkle with remaining mango and streusel.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until center is set when jiggled and toothpick inserted in moist spot near center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or cool.

MANGO-ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Puree mangoes till smooth and you have about 2 cups of puree.
• Place almonds, sugar and baking powder into food processor.
• Combine well then pour in puree, blend well.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Pour batter into greased 20 cm cake tin.
• Bake 180 C for 1 hour.
• Cool in tin for 10 minutes.

DELIGHTFULLY EXOTIC MANGO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Beat mango pulp, sugar, margarine, and eggs together in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until light and well mixed, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Stir mango mixture into flour mixture just until batter is combined. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Gently press almonds into batter. Continue baking until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

LEMON ALMOND SPONGECAKE

Steps:

• Line a greased jelly-roll pan, 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 by 1 inches, with wax paper, grease the paper, and dust the pan with flour, knocking out the excess. Into a bowl sift together the flour, the salt, and the baking powder and whisk in the almonds. In the bowl of an electric mixer beat together the egg yolks, 3/4 cup of the sugar, and the zest until the mixture is very thick and pale, beat in the lemon juice, the vanilla, and the almond extract, and beat the mixture for 3 to 5 minutes, or until it forms a ribbon when the beater is lifted. Add the flour mixture and beat the batter until it is just combined. In another bowl with cleansed beaters beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they form soft peaks, beat in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, a little at a time, and beat the whites until they form stiff peaks. Whisk one third of the whites into the batter to lighten it and fold in the remaining whites gently but thoroughly. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake it in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cake is golden and a tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes, invert it onto a rack, and discard the wax paper. Invert the cake onto another rack and let it stand, uncovered, overnight to dry out. Cut the cake with a serrated knife into 3/4-inch cubes.

MANGO ALMOND ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• For syrup, place water in a microwave-safe bowl; microwave on high 30 seconds. Stir in sugar and almond extract until sugar is dissolved; cool completely., Finely chop 1/4 cup mango chunks; place in a large bowl. Add cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract; beat until blended. In another bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form; fold into mango mixture., To assemble, line bottom of a 9-in. springform pan with 11 ladyfingers; slowly drizzle with half of the syrup. Layer with half of each of the following: cream mixture, meringue cookies, remaining mango and almonds. Repeat layers, starting with remaining ladyfingers. Refrigerate, covered, 8 hours or overnight. To serve, loosen sides from pan with a knife; remove rim.

VANILLA SPONGE CAKE WITH MANGO CUSTARD FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly oil two 9-inch layer cake pans with canola oil spray.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer beat the egg yolks, water, 1/4 cup of the agave nectar, the lemon zest, and vanilla extract for 5 minutes, or until pale and creamy. In a separate bowl, using clean beaters beat the egg whites at medium speed until stiff, slowly adding the remaining 1/4 cup agave nectar. Continue to beat until stiff and glossy, but not dry, about 1 to 2 minutes. Carefully fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture. In another bowl, sift the flour and baking powder together. Gently fold into the egg mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the centers of the layers comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes, then invert on a cooling rack and cool completely before frosting.
• To assemble, spread a generous layer of vanilla pastry cream on the first cake layer. Next add the mango, followed by a bit more pastry cream to anchor the top layer in place. Top with the second layer and frost the entire cake with whipped cream. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Zesty Lemon: Flavor the cake with 2 teaspoons lemon zest and substitute a teaspoon of lemon extract for the vanilla extract. Fill with lemon curd (page 66) and frost with Agave Nectar Whipped Cream (page 113) and sliced fresh strawberries.
• Tipsy Mousse: Drizzle the cake layers with your favorite liqueur or rum. Fill with Light Chocolate Mousse (page 101). Frost with Agave Nectar Whipped Cream (page 113) and drizzle on melted chocolate ganache frosting (page 108).
• Celebration Cake: Vanilla Buttercream Frosting (page 106) is a classic. Try some sliced bananas inside along with the buttercream or Orange Crème Filling (page 113).
• Pineapple Right-Side-Up Cake: One of my favorites is Pineapple Cake Filling (page 115) and fresh whipped cream frosting.

MANGO ALMOND SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Beat egg yolks, sugar and lemon juice until light and lemon colored.
• Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and salt until soft peaks form.
• Stir 1/4 egg whites into yolks. Fold in remaining whites and the flour.
• Spoon batter into buttered 9" spring form pan.
• Bake at 350' for 35-40 minutes. Remove side of pan. Cut out a 6" round from center of cake, leaving sponge shell with a 3/4" thick bottom.
• In a blender, make crumbs with the removed cake pieces, then toast them in a 350' oven for 10 minutes until golden.
• Combine chopped mango, pureed mango, sugar and orange liqueur. Spoon into sponge shell. Whip cream with sugar.
• Spoon over entire top of cake. Sprinkle with almonds and about 1/2 cup toasted crumbs.
• Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.