Recipe - Burnt-Butter Baby Cakes

6 tablespoon Unsalted butter
One half cup Slivered almonds; rounded
One half cup Sugar
3 Egg whites
One fourth cup Cake flour plus
2 tablespoon Cake flour
2 teaspoon Dark rum or
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Orange marmalade; if desired

These dense, soft almond cakes get extra flavor from butter that's heated
until it turns a rich brown.

1. Heat butter in small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling pan,
until butter turns deep brown. Remove saucepan from heat immediately and
set aside.

2. Whirl together almonds and sugar in food processor for 1 minute or
until ground. Transfer to clean saucepan. Stir in egg whites. Heat over
very low heat, stirring, until mixture is hot to touch and "runny", about 2
minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in flour. Stir in the reserved butter and
the rum until blended. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour (or up
to 3 days before baking).

3. Preheat oven to hot (400 degrees). Grease two minimuffin tins. Fill
each muffin cup with 1One half teaspoons batter.

4. Bake for 1214 minutes or until tops are crowned and golden. Pry cakes
from tins with small knife. While still warm, brush lightly with orange
marmalade, if you wish. Cool on rack. Store in airtight container for up to
3 days.

NOTE: Cakes can be made in standardsize muffin tins. Divide batter evenly
among 12 greased muffin cups. Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 15
minutes.

FAMILY CIRCLE, 2/1/1991

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.