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Flourless Lemon Almond Cake
Our Flourless Lemon Almond Cake is super moist and loaded with lemon flavor. Serve with fruit on top or just a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
Ingredients
One tablespoon of butter to grease the springform pan (or use shortening if dairy-free)
5 eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1/2 cup granulated sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
Pinch of table salt
Powdered Sugar and/or prepared Macerated Fruit, for serving
Instructions
- Cut a parchment circle to fit inside the bottom of an 8” springform pan. Then butter the sides and parchment with the butter.
- Separate the egg yolks from the whites into two large bowls.
- To the bowl with the egg yolks, stir in lemon zest, ¼ cup of granulated sugar, lemon extract and olive oil.
- In a medium bowl, combine almond flour, corn starch, baking powder and cardamom.
- Add the almond flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture. With a firm silicone spatula, combine everything into a paste.
- With an electric mixer, start beating the egg whites. When they begin to froth, add vinegar and salt and continue to beat (The vinegar and salt help stabilize the foam). Stop beating just prior to soft peaks. Add the remaining ¼ cup of sugar and continue to beat to soft peaks.
- Add one cup of the beaten egg whites to the bowl with the other ingredients and whisk until all lumps are smoothed out.
- Add one third of the remaining egg whites and gently fold in with a spatula. Repeat with another third, gently folding in, then repeat with the last third.
- Use a spatula and gently scrape the batter into the prepared springform pan.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes. Check for doneness at 25 minutes by inserting a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean, remove the pan from the oven, if not, continue to bake and check every 2-3 minutes.
- Cool on a rack for ten minutes. Then run a small sharp knife around the inside to loosen it from the ring.
- Remove the ring and continue to cool on the rack.
- Once cooled, serve dusted with powdered sugar or serve with our macerated fruit.
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