Spanish Almond Cake With Berries

 The Delicious Spoon

This Spanish Almond Cake is a simple and refreshing gluten-free cake known throughout Spain as Tarta de Santiago. It’s made with just a handful of ingredients and there are only a few steps to having this easy dessert on your table.

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Key Ingredient

Almond Meal

1. Preheat oven to 325F.  Grease a 9" spring form pan and dust with the tsp of almond flour.

Preheat the Oven

2.  In a large bowl combine the almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.  Mix well.

Combine

3. In a medium bowl whisk the eggs until the yolks and egg whites are combined.  Add the oil, honey and lemon zest and whisk well to blend.  Pour into the almond flour mixture and mix to combine and to remove any lumps.

Whisk

4. Pour into the prepared springform pan and bake for 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the centre….

Pour into the Pan

5. While the cake is cooking place the slivered almond in a pan and brown slightly on medium heat.

Toast the Almonds

6. In a small bowl mix together the tablespoon of honey and lemon juice.

Mix Together

7. When cake is baked remove from the oven and let rest on a cooling rack in it's pan for 30 minutes to cool.  While cooling use a basting brush to gently dab the entire top of the cake with the glaze.

Cool & Brush

8. Then add the almonds to the top of the cake once glazed and very gently press down so the almonds stick to the honey mixture.  They will still be a little loose.

Add the Almonds

9. Then add the almonds to the top of the cake once glazed and very gently press down so the almonds stick to the honey mixture.  They will still be a little loose.

Dust with Powdered Sugar

10. Serve with the yogurt and berries on the side or spread the yogurt over the centre of the cake and top with the berries before serving.  Dust with more icing sugar if you like.

Serve

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