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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 2 cakes, you will need:

1 500 g ground almonds
2 480 g caster sugar
3 20 g Vanilla sugar
4 2 lemons
5 8 eggs
6 2 tablespoons icing sugar (optional)
Total weight: 1,690 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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: 500 g ground almonds, 480 g caster sugar, 20 g Vanilla sugar and the zest of 2 lemons.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Add 8 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,948 Kcal or 24,903 Kj	148 gr	642 gr	317 gr
297 %	57 %	61 %	48 %

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 2 cakes : 12.77 €
Per cake : 6.39 €

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Based on a recipe by Cuisine actuelle.

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	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fruit crumble, Linzer torte, Almond mug cake for Mary, Mirlitons, Buckwheat almond biscuits, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Choux pastry (pâte à choux), Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), Hazelnut and orange cake, Quick orange marmalade, Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple Strudel, Chocolate muffins, Pistachio tiramisu, Plain cake, Chantilly cream, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mug cake, Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets", Quiche Bretonne, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Génoise (Genoa sponge), ... All

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