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Sweet Almond Cakes with Berries

What you need

  1. 1 cup ground almonds (almond meal)
  2. 1 tsp baking powder
  3. 1/8 tsp salt
  4. 2 Tbl melted butter
  5. 1/4 cup water
  6. 3 tbl agave syrup
  7. 2 eggs
  8. 1/2 tsp vanilla
  9. toasted almonds
  10. Fresh or frozen berries sweetened with agave

How to make it

  1. preheat oven to 350º
  2. Combine almond meal, baking powder and salt
  3. Add melted butter, water, agave, eggs and vanilla - Combine well
  4. Ladle into muffin pan lined with foil liners - fill about 3/4 full
  5. Bake 20 minutes until just set
  6. Wait 5 minutes, then remove from tin to a cooling rack
  7. Remove a cake from foil liner and place on a dessert plate
  8. Spoon some berries over the top and sprinkle with toasted almonds

Makes 8 regular muffins. Variation 1: Reduce agave to 1 Tbl which makes it less sweet and works as a nice breakfast muffin alone or with a fruit or cheese spread.

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