Almond Cakes

Delicious dessert for a family tea party! The secret of the ancient recipe of these almond-flavored cakes was sacredly kept in Spanish monasteries and was sealed until it became known to some cooks. Now that it is no longer a secret, we can also cook on it.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 17 % 10 g
Fats 39 % 23 g
Carbohydrates 44 % 26 g
352 kcal
GI: 16 / 16 / 68

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    We need the products listed.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Grind almonds in an electric coffee grinder with the addition of a small amount of sugar so that the fat almond crumbs do not stick together into lumps.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    It turns out this kind of sprinkling.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    At this stage, you can beat eggs with sugar into a foam with a mixer, add the remaining ingredients and knead the dough. But we will do otherwise. I will share with you the secret of how to cook almond cakes the way they are prepared in a monastery. There everything is done manually and in a certain sequence. Separate the yolks from the whites and beat the yolks with sugar using a whisk.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add ground almonds to the yolks and mix everything gently with a silicone spatula. Here we also add cinnamon and lemon zest and mix again.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Beat egg whites intensively with a whisk until a white fluffy stable foam forms. The resulting mass is mixed with the dough base using a silicone spatula. We do this as carefully as possible, lifting the dough from the bottom up so that the proteins do not settle and the cakes turn out.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    We will bake cakes in cupcake molds. I have silicone ones with medium-sized cells. Grease the molds with butter, sprinkle a little flour, pour the dough and sprinkle almond flakes on top.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    We send the blanks to a preheated 180 degree oven for 10-15 minutes. We take the finished cakes out of the oven and serve them to the table.

Spanish monasteries have been famous since ancient times for their wonderful food, the recipes of which are not available to the general public. But, despite the fact that these recipes have been kept secret for centuries, sometimes they come to the surface in glossy magazines. This recipe for almond cakes from the monastery of Granada, whose monastery cuisine is the most interesting, mysterious and delicious. Try cakes with a touch of mystery and plunge into the atmosphere of ancient monasteries.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Lemon - 16   kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47   kcal/100g
  • Almonds nuts - 609   kcal/100g
  • Cinnamon - 247   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flakes - 336   kcal/100g

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