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🍰 Spanish Almond Cake
651 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Oranges 1 pc.
- Eggs 9 pc.
- Sugar 300 g
- Vanilla Sugar 1 packet
- Nutmeg, ground pinch
- Honey 1 tsp
- Cinnamon 0.25 tsp
- Almonds, ground 500 g
- Salt pinch
- Amaretto 4 tbsp
- Almonds, sliced 4 tbsp
- Powdered sugar 1 tbsp
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 165 °C (convection). Wash the orange thoroughly and finely grate about 1 tsp of the peel. Separate the eggs. In a bowl, beat the egg yolks with sugar, vanilla sugar, nutmeg, honey, and cinnamon until frothy using a hand mixer. Stir in the ground almonds.
- 2. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with salt until stiff. Add the orange peel and egg whites to the almond mixture and gently fold in. Pour the mixture into a greased springform pan. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.
- 3. Drizzle the hot cake with Amaretto and let it cool. In the meantime, heat a pan over medium heat. Toast the almond slices in it for about 2 minutes. Dust the almond cake with powdered sugar and serve with the toasted almond slices. Enjoy your meal!
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 651
- Protein: 16 g · Fett/Fat: 36 g · Carbs: 64 g