If any of you have ever had cashew cake in aruba..............here is a recipe that i found online a couple of years ago that tastes identical to the cashew cake served at Destiny. (not wild about Aruba Destiny, but do love their cake)
Preheat oven to 350
Cake:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 1-1/2 cups sifted flour
- tiny pinch of salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups ground cashews
Frosting: (use a metal bowl)
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup confectionary sugar
- 1/3 cup margarine
- 1 teaspoon almond extract (no artificial flavoring)
- tiny pinch of salt
- 1 cup ground cashews
DIRECTIONS:
Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg whites and mix well. Add the rest of the cake ingredients and mix well. Grease and flour a 9" round cake pan and bake at 350ºF for 25 minutes. Let cool.
Frosting:
In metal bowl......Beat egg whites with sugar until stiff. Add margarine, salt, almond extract and beat well.