Lemon Lime And Almond Cake
- Cake:
- 4 eggs.
- 1 1/4 cups caster sugar.
- 2/3 cup cream
- Finely grated zest of two large lemons and one large lime
- 1/3 cup melted butter, cooled
- 2 cups ground almonds.
- 1/2 cup self raising flour.
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt.
- Topping:
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar.
- 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds.
- To Serve:
- Icing Sugar for dusting.
- Softly whipped cream or yoghurt.
- Grease 24cm round cake tin, and fully line tin with baking paper.
- Preheat oven to180c.
- Topping:
- Combine all topping ingredients in bowl.
- Cake:
- Whisk eggs, sugar, cream lemon and lime zests and butter in large bowl.
- Combine the dry ingredients and whisk into the egg mixture until smooth.
- Pour into the tin and bake 30 mins.
- Remove cake from oven.
- Sprinkle topping on top of cake, but don't press in.
- Return cake to oven
- Bake cake for a further 20 mins.
- (cover loosely with foil if browning too quickly)
- Test cake with skewer to see if cooked.
- Cool 15 minutes in tin
- Remove from tin and cool completely on wire rack..
- To Serve:
- Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream or yoghurt.
- Keeps 3-4 days in tin - tastes better the next day
eggs, caster sugar, cream, lemons, butter, ground almonds, salt, topping, caster sugar, butter, icing sugar
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/lemon-lime-and-almond-cake-51245811 (may not work)