Husband's Birthday Cake

[Zyni]

Last year, I spent a large part of the day shelling pistachios to make a pistachio almond cake for my husband. I ground the pistachios and mixed them with half the batter (I made a white cake recipe). The other half, I added some almond extract. I used a butter cream frosting recipe that my daughter gave me. I topped the cake with slivered almonds. It was quite delicious, but I'm hoping not to spend all day making his cake this year.

I'm thinking of going with white cake again, almond filling, and chocolate almond frosting. I was thinking about adding almond extract to the cake recipe, but now I'm wondering if that will make it a little too much almond. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the matter.

 

[Trellum]

I'd leave the almond extract out.... too much almond if you ask me! Remember that sometimes less is more You don't want to over saturate that cake with the almonds.