Ingredients

• 125 gms. Icing sugar
• 125 gms. Ground almonds
• 45 gms. Corn flour
• 3 eggs
• 35 gms. butter
• Grated peel of half a lemon

How to Make Almond cake

• Melt the butter and leave to cool.
• Grease a small brioche tin and dish with flour.
• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C.
• Put the icing sugar, ground almonds and corn flour in the processor and start mixing with the plastic blade on speed 6, adding 2 eggs and 1 egg white one at a time through the feeder tube.
• Beat for 20 seconds then stop to add the lemon peel and melted butter and mix for 20 seconds.
• Put the mixture into the tin, brush with egg yolk and bake in the oven for 35 mins.
• Once the cake is cooked, turn out into a cooling rack.
• Ideal for tea or served with fruit salad.