Herself’s Recipes

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 egg
4 yolks, 4 egg whites
2 cup almonds, nuts
1 cup flour
4 Tablespoons orange juice
2 Tablespoon orange zest

Beat egg whites till stiff, set aside
Mix remaining ingredients and mix till blended
gently fold egg whites into mix

Bake at 375 ~30 minutes or until knife inserted into middle comes out clean
do not over bake or it will be dry

I frost this with a ganache ( melt 4 oz chocolate with 4 oz heavy cream then pour over cake )

Almonds are the US’s largest horticultural export. Ancient Romans showered newly weds with almonds to signal fertility.