Portuguese-Style Cake
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 150 g sweet almonds
- 150 g sugar
- 50 g potato flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 oranges
Instructions
- Beat yolks with sugar; add potato flour, then finely pounded almonds.
- Add strained orange juice and the zest of one orange; fold in beaten whites.
- Bake in a buttered paper box at very moderate heat, then coat with white icing (No. 789).