Spanish cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Tarta de Santiago

Galician almond cake without flour – with the Cross of St James in icing sugar.

Ingredients · for 8 servings

• 250 g ground almonds
• 250 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Icing sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Beat the eggs with the sugar until very foamy.
2. Carefully fold in the almonds, lemon zest and cinnamon.
3. Pour into a greased springform tin and bake at 180 °C for 35 minutes.
4. Let it cool completely.
5. Place a cross stencil on top and dust generously with icing sugar.