Capuchin Cake
Origin: Madrid, Spain
Source: Anonymous, 1920
Ingredients
- 125 grams manteca (lard)
- 125 grams sugar
- 250 grams white flour
- 80 grams sweet almonds, grated or ground
- 100 grams Corinth raisins, cleaned
- 4 eggs, well beaten until fluffy
Instructions
- Mix the lard and sugar together. Combine the white flour, ground sweet almonds, and cleaned Corinth raisins. Fold the well-beaten, fluffy eggs into the lard and sugar mixture.
- Stir everything together with a wooden spatula. Pour the batter into a tall, round mold that has been previously greased with lard and dusted with flour.
- Bake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.