Tarta de Santiago (Galician Almond Cake)

A moist, gluten-free Galician almond cake scented with lemon and cinnamon.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 45 min
Total: 1 hour 5 minutes
Vegetarian
✅
Nuts
✅
Serves
8 people
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 250g ground almonds
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 5 large eggs
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • Icing sugar, for dusting

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Grease and line the base and sides of a 23cm springform tin.

  2. Whisk the eggs and caster sugar in a large bowl for 5 minutes until pale and thick. Fold in the ground almonds, lemon zest and cinnamon until just combined.

  3. Pour into the tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

  4. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Dust generously with icing sugar before serving.