Almond cake

Ingredients

• 250 g almonds, blanched
• 250 g sugar
• lemon peel of one organic lemon, just the yellow part
• 4 eggs

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
2. Place almonds into mixing bowl, chop 15 sec/speed 5. Transfer into a bowl and set aside.
3. Place sugar into mixing bowl, pulverise 15 sec/speed 10. Transfer 3 tbsp into a bowl and set aside
4. Add lemon peel, pulverise 15 sec/speed 10.
5. Add eggs and mix 2 min/speed 4.
6. Add almonds and mix 5 sec/speed 3. Pour mixture into a buttered spring form (24 cm) and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 25 - 35 minutes. 
7. Allow to cool in the spring form to room temperature before transferring to a serving plate. Dust the top with the 3 tbsp icing sugar.