1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto i. i. 25 Giue me then some crummes of bread, or of my powder of Almond cakes.
1777 C. Mason (ed. 3) 374 Almond Cake. Two ounces of bitter, one pound of sweet almonds.
1860 G. W. Thornbury I. 111 That dull-eyed vendor of almond-cake.
1908 Aug. 137 Do try that almond cake.
2011 T. Lawson 338 Before beribboned boxes of panettone arrived in Campodimele, it was almond cake that was traditionally eaten here at Christmas.