Tarta de Santiago - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Orange , Almond , Tarta de santiago

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1

Preheat the oven to 170°C (fan 150°C, gas mark 3) and grease an 18cm (7in) springform cake tin.
2
Cream 180g (6½oz) of the sugar, zests and egg yolks together until light and fluffy. Next, stir in the ground almonds, almond extract and the cinnamon.

For this step you'll need:
- 180g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 1 Lemon zest only
- 260g Almonds (ground)
- ½ Almond extract
- ½tsp Cinnamon
3
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs whites with the remaining sugar until stiff. Add about one-quarter of the egg whites into the thick almond mixture and beat. Add a further quarter and repeat. Add the remaining egg white mixture and fold in until fully combined.

For this step you'll need:
- ½ Almond extract
4

Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in a preheated oven for 40 minutes.
5

Remove from the oven, allow to cool for 10 minutes in the tin and then turn out onto a wire rack.
6

To follow the time-honoured tradition of decoration, find the shape of the St James cross using the internet and print it out. Cut out the middle of the cross to use as a stencil.
7

Once the cake is cooled, dust the cake with icing sugar and serve straightaway

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