Almond Cake

Name: Almond Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 drops almond extract; 414 milliliters 1/2 pound blanched whole almonds; 6 larges eggs, separated; 1 Grated zest of lemon; 1 Grated zest of orange; 296 milliliters superfine sugar

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Almond Cake a try. This recipe makes 10 servings with 266 calories, 8g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of almond extract, blanched almonds, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Finely grind the almonds in a food processor.

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Almonds

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Food Processor

With an electric mixer, beat the egg yolks with thesugar to a smooth pale cream. Beat in the zests and almondextract.

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Egg Yolk

Cream

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Hand Mixer

Add the ground almonds and mix very well.

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Almond Meal

With clean beaters, beat the egg whites in a large bowluntil stiff peaks form. Fold them into the egg and almondmixture (the mixture is thick, so that you will need to turnit over quite a bit into the egg whites).

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Egg Whites

Egg

Grease an 11-inch springform pan, preferably nonstick,with butter and dust it with flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Springform Pan

Pour in the cake batter,and bake into a preheated 350°F for 40 minutes, or until itfeels firm to the touch.

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Oven

Let cool before turning out.

Just before serving, dust the top of the cake with confectioners' sugar. Or, ifyou like, cut a St. James cross out of paper.

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Powdered Sugar

Place it in the middle of the cake, anddust the cake with confectioners' sugar, then remove the paper.

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Powdered Sugar

Variations

Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon to the egg yolk and almond mixture.•Majorca has a similar almond cake called gató d'Ametla, which is flavored withthe grated zest of 1 lemon, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and sometimes a few dropsof vanilla extract.•In Navarre, the cake is covered with apricot jam.

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Vanilla Extract