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Santiago Cake

Santiago cake (or Torta de Santiago) has a lovely moist texture. It is made with almonds and lemon and contains no butter or flour.

This Spanish speciality from Galicia is still often decorated with the cross of St James.

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Last modified on: April 24^th 2016

For 1 cake, you will need:

1 250 g ground almonds
2 240 g caster sugar
3 10 g Vanilla sugar
4 1 lemon
5 4 eggs
6 1 tablespoon icing sugar (optional)
Total weight: 845 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
22 min.	30 min.	52 min.

Keeping:

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 250 g ground almonds, 240 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar and the zest of 1 lemon.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Add 4 eggs.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Beat with the whisk attachment on low speed until the mixture is evenly mixed.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Pour into a tin or mould.

Note: if your tin is not non-stick, loose-bottomed or spring-form, butter the inside and, to make turning out easier, line the bottom with a circle of cooking parchment.

Stage 5 - 30 min.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

Leave to cool completely in the tin before turning out.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

To add the decorative finishing touch, make a stencil in the shape of a St James cross (examples are easy to find on the internet).

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Place the stencil over the centre of the cake after it has cooled and dust with icing sugar.

Remarks

You can use cinnamon instead of vanilla sugar if you prefer the flavour.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 8.85 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Cuisine actuelle.

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