Almond & Vanilla Spice Cake

I was googling to find a recipe using Herbies 'Sweet Fragrant Spices' and came across a recipe by a fellow blogger (and Herbies lover). I used her recipe as a base to create my own version. You can find the original recipe here:-

http://foodpassionrecipesbyeliseivory.blogspot.com/2009/05/vanilla-coconut-and-cinnamon-cake-with.html

She has many other lovely recipes which I hope to try as well.

This is a really easy cake to make because it does not require soft butter so it can be whipped up in a flash.

Cake

3/4 cup almond meal

1 cup plain flour sifted

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup castor sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup milk

2 tablespoons sour cream

50g butter melted

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Icing

1 cup icing sugar

100g soft butter

3 teapsoons Herbies Fragrant Sweet Spices

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease and flour a cake loaf tin.

Place the almond meal, flour, sugar and cinnamon and baking powder in a bowl and mix to combine. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and mix in the milk. Add the butter and then the eggs, sour cream and vanilla, stirring well after each new addition.

Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 45-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack and then turn onto a plate.

To make the icing, beat the butter and icing sugar together until thick and creamy. Mix the fragrant sweet spices & vanilla through and spread on to the cooled cake.