Cook the Book: Pine Nut Almond Cake

Name: Cook the Book: Pine Nut Almond Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters all purpose flour; 4 eggs; 237 milliliters ground almonds; 2 lemons; 6 Tbsps pine nuts; 0 teaspoons salt; 296 milliliters superfine sugar; 2 sticks unsalted butter; 2 vanilla beans

Cook the Book: Pine Nut Almond Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 9g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 563 calories. A mixture of lemons, eggs, vanilla beans, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Grease an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan with extra butter and line with baking parchment.

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Butter

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Loaf Pan

Soften the butter. Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla beans. Finely grate the lemon peel. Juice 1 of the lemons. Roughly chop half the pine nuts.

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Vanilla Bean

Lemon Peel

Pine Nuts

Butter

Lemon

Juice

Seeds

Beat the butter and sugar with the vanilla seeds until light and fluffy, then stir in the eggs one at a time. Fold in the flour, ground almonds, and chopped pine nuts, and stir in the lemon peel.

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Almond Meal

Lemon Peel

Pine Nuts

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Seeds

Sugar

Egg

Mix the remaining pine nuts with the salt. Spoon the mixture into the pan, sprinkle with the salted pine nuts and bake in the oven for 1 hour. The cake is ready when a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in the pan.

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Pine Nuts

Salt