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.
This Spanish speciality from Galicia is still often decorated with the cross of St James.
60K 40 3.9
Last modified on: April 24th 2016
Keywords for this recipe: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: 830 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 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).
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.
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.
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.
Source
Based on a recipe by Cuisine actuelle.
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 |
| 358 Kcal or 1,499 Kj | 9 gr | 39 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 6.34 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nanou's chocolate cake, Crisp apricot and pistachio tart, Checkerboard biscuits, Succès praliné (praline meringue), Almonds pyramids, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Cookies of the Camisards, Biscuit de Savoie sponge cake, Oatmeal cake, Toffee apple upside-down cake, ... All |
 | Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry Charlotte, Like Bounty, Quince and apple compote, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Pistachio tiramisu, ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach fritters, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Pistachio tiramisu, Cantucci di Prato, Naan, ... All |
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