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Tarta de Santiago

Tarta de Santiago is a Spanish almond cake from Galicia. It is an easy cake to make, with only 3 main ingredients, and it is well-suited for the holiday season. This cake is dusted with icing sugar, with an imprint of Santiago’s cross on its top surface.

Total 00:55
Yield 8

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup (150 g) white granulated sugar
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Zest of 1 clementine
  • 1½ cup (150 g) almond meal
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Icing sugar

Instructions

  1. 1
    Add eggs and sugar to a bowl, and whisk rapidly until mixture turns pale.
  2. 2
    Whisk in the citrus zests.
  3. 3
    Combine the almond meal, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Transfer to the egg mixture, and use a rubber spatula to gently fold everything together until well combined.
  4. 4
    Butter and flour the springform pan, then pour in the batter. Smooth the top if necessary.
  5. 5
    Bake in preheated oven at 360ºF (180ºC) for 40 minutes or until golden brown and fully cooked in the center.
  6. 6
    Cool completely, and unmold the cake.
  7. 7
    Place a Santiago cross cut-out on top of the cake, then dust generous amount of icing sugar all over cake.
  8. 8
    Carefully remove the cross cut-out. Slice and serve.
Category
Desserts
Cuisine
Spanish

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