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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

Keywords for this recipe:Cake Soft Almonds Lemon Spain Galicia St James Santiago

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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22 min.	30 min.	52 min.

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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.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,974 Kcal or 12,452 Kj	74 gr	321 gr	159 gr
149 %	28 %	30 %	24 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
352 Kcal or 1,474 Kj	9 gr	38 gr	19 gr
18 %	3 %	4 %	3 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,974 Kcal or 12,452 Kj	74 gr	321 gr	159 gr
149 %	28 %	30 %	24 %

% 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 : 6.38 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Cuisine actuelle.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fruit crumble, Brioche royale, Stuffed prunes, Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), Calissons, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Flognarde, Hazelnut and orange cake, Citrus crunch, Pink Reims biscuits, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Framboisier, Apple Pie, Plain cake, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crème caramel, Foie gras fingers, Basic cake batter - the French way, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Mirlitons, ... All

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