Flourless Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 150 g ground almonds ( 1 ½ cup)
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 20 g almond flakes ( ¼ cup)
• 65 g caster sugar ( ⅓ cup)

Instructions

1. Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks.
2. In a large mixing bowl, mix the egg yolks with the sugar, add the lemon zest and ground almonds, and mix well to get a thick batter.
3. In a separate mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to beat the egg whites until you get still peaks.
4. Fold the egg whites into the almond batter, and use the hand mixer to beat everything well to get a smooth, thinner batter.
5. Grease a 19 cm / 7.5 inch round cake tin and line the bottom of the cake tin with non-stick baking paper.
6. Spread the batter evenly, and top with the almond flakes.
7. Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit) for 30 minutes until the sponge is golden and nicely risen.