It won't escape anyone's notice that it is now firmly autumn, but today felt like an early summers day, with sunshine and a light breeze and as I was in a baking mood I cast my eye back to July and gave this a go. For a simple almondy cake, this really delivers on complex flavour and is wonderfully moist. Luckily it worked out as the temperature wasn't included in the recipe and so was anybody's guess. I thought of it as a technical challenge on the Bake Off and as I already had the oven on 160 for 3 hours making pig cheeks (Nigel's recipe, with apples and cider), I bobbed the cake in alongside and hoped for the best.
