🍋 Meyer Lemon Almond Cake Recipe 🍋

Ingredients:
500g (1 pound) Meyer lemons
125 mL (½ cup) all-purpose flour
375 mL (1½ cups) whole almonds
 5 mL (1 tsp) baking powder
 2 mL (½ tsp) salt
 5 eggs, separated
310 mL (1¼ cups) sugar
2 mL (½ tsp) almond extract
5 mL (1 tsp) vanilla extract
 
Powdered sugar for topping

Method:
Preheat oven to 180ºC (350°F).
Butter and flour a 9” springform pan.

Cover lemons with water, in a large pot and bring to a boil.
Lower heat to medium and simmer for 30 minutes.
Remove lemons from pot and allow to cool, before slicing open to remove seeds.
In a food processor, grind almonds until they resemble cornmeal.
Place nuts in a bowl and stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.
Pureé lemons in the food processor.

In a large bowl, whisk together egg yolks and sugar until thick and pale yellow.
Stir in lemon purée, almond and vanilla extracts.
Stir in the almond mixture.
Beat the egg whites to form firm peaks.
Fold egg whites into the batter.
Transfer the cake batter to the prepared pan.
Bake until edges of cake begin to pull away from the sides of the pan, this will take about an hour.
Cool on a rack for 15 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

#LeGourmetTV #GlenAndFriendsCooking



glen & friends cooking

свернуть