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Almond and lemon cake

Try out this tasty almond and lemon cake dessert.

Almond and lemon cake
Photography: Tanya Zouev

Published

By Lucy Nunes

Source: SBS


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  • serves 10 or more people
  • cooking 1 hour

Ingredients

6 eggs, separated

1 cup (220g) sugar

1½ cups (180g) almond meal

1 cup cold mashed potato

2 teaspoons lemon rind

¼ cup (60ml) lemon juice

icing sugar, to dust

natural yogurt (optional), to serve

Instructions

Heat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan. Grease a 23cm round cake pan and line base and sides with baking paper.

Using an electric mixer, beat egg yolks until pale. Add half of sugar and beat for 5 minutes, until mixture is thick and sugar dissolves. Stir in almond meal, mashed potato, lemon rind and juice until combined.

In a separate bowl, beat eggwhites until firm peaks form. Add remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating constantly, until thick and glossy. Fold gently into yolk mixture. Spoon into prepared pan and bake for 55 minutes, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Set aside to cool in pan.

Dust with icing sugar, slice and serve with yogurt, if you like.

Cook’s Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.


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