I just had a King Sized Hershey Almond Bar — Page 14

I just made a Torta de Santiago for a birthday in my office that was a huge hit. It is an almond cake native to the Galician region of Spain. It is so easy to make and takes about an hour or less to prepare and bake. There are a million variations on the recipe, but this is what I use:

4 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups finely ground almonds (you can use a small food processor or coffee grinder)
zest of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 Tbsp Cinnamon
Powdered sugar (for decoration)

Preheat oven to 350 and grease round cake pan or tart pan
Combine ground almonds, cinnamon and baking powder; set aside
Beat eggs, sugar and lemon zest until creamy (about 5-8 minutes)
Gently fold in almonds, cinnamon and baking powder
Bake at 350 for 25-35 minutes until golden brown and set (clean toothpick test)
Cool completely on cooling rack (at least 30 minutes)
Sift powdered sugar on top

For traditional decoration, you can download an image of the St. James Cross, print and cut out; place cross on cake and the sift sugar over cake; gently remove cross with tweezers. Our company logo is a maroon tree on a white background, so I sifted some cinnamon in the center of the cake, then placed the tree logo, then sifted the powdered sugar and VOILA! A personalized company cake.

Updated On: 6/30/09 at 12:34 PM

I walked back into the kitchen to find that someone brought this in to work. I give that thing 10 minutes.

To start the weekend.