Dainty
Cake
Ingredients:
Serves
8
- 250
grs of sugar ;
- 3
eggs + 3 egg yolks ;
- 250
grs of husked almonds ;
- 50
grs of butter ;
- 75
grs of egg-yolks (fios de ovos) ;
- 40
grs of Malabar gourd preserve ;
- 30
grs of candied orange peel ;
- flour
and sugar to taste
Preparation:
Join
the whole egg and the egg yolks to the sugar and beat
very hard.
Add the almonds (peeled and ground), butter, egg yolks
(fios de ovos), the Malabar gourd preserve and the
minced orange peel.
Pour the mixture into a well buttered round tin that
has been sprinkled with flour and bake in a moderate
oven for 50 minutes.
Afterwards take it out of the tin and sprinkle it
with sugar while it is still warm.
source: Algarve
Tourist Region
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