Method

NOTE: Bitter almonds are super bitter and are used moderately.  They should be ground thoroughly. If not available. exclude from recipe.

Put the almonds in boiling water so you can peel the skin off. Grind the almonds.

Blend sugar and butter until smooth. Mix with flour and almonds.

Use small hard baking moulds, well greased, put some dough in and make sure you get an evenly thin layer.

Bake the cakes in 200 degrees celsius (400F) until nicely colored.  This takes only minutes. The cakes will puff up and then sink before ready.

When done, remove the mould by turning the cakes upside down and gently "dropping it" from a little height. these almond moulds literally melt in your mouth and I am still guarding the process of getting the cakes out of the moulds. If anything cracks. It's MINE.

Serve plain or with some whipped cream and berries. Preferably cloudberries but raspberries are always a nice choice too.

Swedish Baking Molds - "These are wavy at the edges and one to two inches in diameter. Old ones often have patterns in the centre."  Sabina Ostermark

Contributor: Sabina Ostermark for her mother Lena Ostermark

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