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Tarta de Santiago (Spanish Almond Cake)

Name: Tarta de Santiago (Spanish Almond Cake)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: ground almonds 300 g; eggs 6 pieces; sugar 200 g; lemon zest 10 g; ground cinnamon 3 g; powdered sugar 40 g

A flourless almond cake dusted with powdered sugar.

50 minutes · 8 servings · Moderate

This almond cake is baked in Santiago de Compostela and marked on top with the cross of the pilgrim, and it is made almost entirely of ground almonds, which is why it stays dense and keeps for weeks. Pilgrims once carried it home from the cathedral, and bakers still bake to that same custom. Beaten egg white gives it lift without loosening the crumb.

Ingredients

ground almonds300 g
eggs6 pieces
sugar200 g
lemon zest10 g
ground cinnamon3 g
powdered sugar40 g

Directions

1
Beat eggs and sugar 8 minutes until pale and thick.
2
Fold in almonds, lemon zest and cinnamon.
3
Bake at 180C for 28 minutes until risen and golden.
cake is risen and golden
4
Cool 10 minutes; dust with powdered sugar.

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