"Flourless Lemon and Almond Cake using whole lemons and almond flour with cream cheese frosting"
Flourless Lemon and Almond Cake
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Recipe Description
This Lemon & Almond Cake with Cream Cheese frosting is mild, delicate and dainty, gluten free, easy to make and won't stain any clothes!
This cake stays good and moist for up to a week. A great ‘make in advance’ option dessert. To make in advance, once frosted and decorated, cover the cake with a large upside down bowl and refrigerate.
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Prep time: 10mins
Cook time: 2hrs 40mins
Serves or Makes: 8
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ingredients
- 2 Lemons
- 2 1/3 Almond Meal
- 1 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 tablespoons Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cups Greek Yoghurt
- 2 teaspoons Orange Marmalade
- 5 Eggs
- 3/4 cups Brown Sugar
- 1 cups Slivered Almonds, for decorating
- 8 tablespoons Cream Cheese, room temp. for frosting
- 8 tablespoons Butter, room temp. for frosting
- 1 1/3 cups Powdered Sugar, for frosting
- 1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract, for frosting
Method
Step 1
Bring Lemons, skin on, to a boil in a pot of Water. Cover and reduce heat to a medium simmer. Cook for two hours. Remove from heat, discard Water and allow Lemons to slightly cool. Cut in half and remove seeds. Cut any remnants of the stem off and discard.
Step 2
Blitz Lemons, skin on, in a food processor for 1 minute. Add all the remaining ingredients to the food processor and blitz for 2 minutes.
Step 3
Grease a 9" round baking dish with Butter. Line the bottom of the dish with Parchment paper for easy removal once ready.
Step 4
Bake in 375F oven for 40 minutes and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove and place baking dish on a slightly raised, perforated cooling rack for 6 hours or overnight.
Step 5
Once completely cooled, loosen edges of cake from pan using a butter knife and turn over onto a cake dish.
Step 6
To make Cream Cheese frosting, you'll need an electric mixer, but hand held is fine. Combine Cream Cheese, Butter and Vanilla in a large bowl and whisk for 1 minute. Add half the amount of Sugar, whisk for a further minute. Add remaining Sugar and continue whisking for another minute or so. Apply Frosting onto Cake
Step 7
Toast Slivered Almonds in a 400f oven until toasted. This only takes a few minutes; watch them carefully. Once cooled, one by one decorate the sides of the Cake by pressing toasted almonds into it.
Step 8
Refrigerate to chill for an hour before serving. Enjoy. Seal in an airtight container and refrigerate to store leftovers. Stays good and moist for up to a week!