The Amaretti star cake is a soft, delicate and fragrant dessert, perfect for special occasions or a tasty snack, ideal for Christmas or a family lunch. Easy to prepare, elegant and also versatile: you can replace the liqueur with orange juice, add slices of fruit or a dark chocolate glaze. It keeps 3–4 days at room temperature, well covered with a cake dome. Below, let’s see together what is needed to prepare our Amaretti star cake:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Oven
Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (00)
- potato starch
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 6 tbsp neutral seed oil (about 3 fl oz)
- 2 tbsp Amaretto liqueur (or rum / orange juice as alternative)
- 7 oz amaretti cookies (about 2 cups crumbled)
- vanilla extract
- a pinch of salt
- to taste powdered sugar (for decoration)
Steps
Start by blitzing the amaretti in a food processor until you obtain a fine, even crumb. In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar and a pinch of salt using electric beaters. Continue beating for about 10 minutes, until you obtain a light, voluminous and frothy mixture.
Add the vanilla extract, the sifted flour, potato starch and baking powder. Be careful not to deflate the batter — fold gently from the bottom upwards with a spatula.
Pour the seed oil and the Amaretto liqueur (or rum for a stronger flavor, or alternatively orange juice) into the batter and continue to mix gently, incorporating all the ingredients.
At this point, add the chopped amaretti to the mixture, stir and grease a 10-inch star-shaped cake pan with a little butter and flour it.
Pour the batter and level it well with a spatula. Bake the cake in a preheated static oven at 347°F for 35–40 minutes. Perform the toothpick test to check for doneness.
Once you remove the cake from the oven, let it cool completely. Then gently invert the cake onto a serving plate. Finally, garnish with whole amaretti (optional) and powdered sugar.
Bon appétit and… see you in the next recipe!
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