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LEMON CAPRI TORTE

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Serves: Makes 1 x 23 cm torte to serve

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Ingredients

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  • 4 lemons (zest and juice)
  • 300 grams blanched almonds (toasted and ground)
  • 150 grams butter (softened)
  • 225 grams caster sugar
  • 6 medium eggs (separated)
  • 115 grams potato flour
  • icing sugar (for dusting)

Method

  1. Pre heat oven to 200C/180C fan/400F/gas 6 Grease and flour a 23cm loose bottomed cake tin or fluted tarte tin/springform tin
  2. Cream butter and sugar,add egg yolks in one go, then lemon zest and juice In separate bowl, whisk egg whites until soft peaks and add to above mixture
  3. fold in ground almonds and flour Pour into tin and bake for 10mins, then turn down oven to 150C/130C fan/300F/gas 2 and cook for further 40 mins
  4. Cool and turn out of tin.
  5. when cold, dust with icing sugar or cover with mixture of creme fraiche and lemon curd

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