I plan on making an almond cake, and need an almond filling for it. I would like it to stay somewhat easy, doesnt have to be anything fancy. Just good and almondy LOL

Thanks!

Do you want something creamy, like an Almond Mousse or more like a thick paste, like Frangipane?

Its not for me, so I dont know. Im making a 2 tier stacked cake for a friend, and she said she wanted to try almond cake. Ive never had it before, so I dont know what would be good.

I guess because its a stacked cake, I should do something a little more firm and stable.

You can use mousse in a stacked cake. Remember, it's the dowels and boards that hold it up, not the cake itself.

Frangipane is usually used as a filling in a tart and baked in the tart shell (it contains raw egg). I don't know what I was thinking before. I'm not sure how to transform it into a filling. Here's a link to a recipe for it if you'd like to play around with it, though. It is wonderful in tarts, croissants, danishes, etc: http://frenchfood.about.com/od/pastrycream/r/frangipane.htm

The easiest filling to make would be an almond creme patisserie, by subbing almond extract for the vanilla in a standard creme patisserie recipe: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Pastry-Cream-351010

If that is too thick, you could lighten it up by folding in stabilized whipped cream.

HTH!