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🍰 Crunchy Almond Star Cake

210 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Grind the almonds finely in a blender.
  2. 2. Separate the eggs so you have the yolk and white separately.
  3. 3. Beat the egg yolk with a pinch of salt and powdered sugar until creamy using a hand mixer.
  4. 4. Stir in vanilla flavoring, lemon zest, cinnamon, baking powder, and the ground almonds into the yolk mixture.
  5. 5. Rinse the mixer beaters thoroughly and dry them completely.
  6. 6. Beat the egg whites stiffly with a few drops of lemon juice.
  7. 7. Stir one-third of the egg whites into the almond-yolk cream to loosen the batter.
  8. 8. Gently fold in the remaining egg whites using a whisk.
  9. 9. Grease a star-shaped mold or a round springform pan with a diameter of 26 centimeters with butter.
  10. 10. Line the mold with ground almonds or breadcrumbs.
  11. 11. Fill the mold with the batter and smooth the top.
  12. 12. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius conventional heat, 150 degrees Celsius fan-forced, or gas mark 2.
  13. 13. Place the cake on the middle rack.
  14. 14. Bake the cake for about one hour.
  15. 15. Cover the cake with baking paper during baking.
  16. 16. Bake the cake in a tall mold like the star shape for 10 minutes longer.
  17. 17. Perform a doneness test after the baking time.
  18. 18. Insert a wooden skewer or a toothpick into the center of the cake.
  19. 19. Pull the skewer out.
  20. 20. If moist batter sticks to the skewer, bake the cake longer.
  21. 21. Remove the cake from the oven.
  22. 22. Let the cake rest for 3 minutes.
  23. 23. If necessary, run a knife between the cake and the mold edge.
  24. 24. Invert the cake onto a cake rack.
  25. 25. Sprinkle the cooled cake with almonds and powdered sugar.

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