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Gluten Free Lemon Cake with Blueberry Frosting
Adapted from Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Orange Cake from Feast. Note due to cooking the lemons this cake has more of a bitter lemon flavour than the fresh zing of lemon. It's not your traditional sweet lemon cake.
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 558 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
gluten-free
Ingredients
- 3 lemons weighing approximately 375g
- 6 eggs
- 1 teaspoon heaped of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
- 250 g of ground almonds
- 250 g of caster sugar
- BLUEBERRY FROSTING
- 150 g of butter at room temperature
- 3 ½ cups of icing sugar
- ¼ cup of pureed blueberries
Instructions
- Put the lemons in a saucepan with cold water and bring to the boil before reducing the heat and simmering for 2 hours, or until soft. Drain the water and set aside to cool. When cool, cut the lemons in half and remove any large seeds.
- Grease a 20cm springform pan and preheat the oven to 180 Celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
- Pulp the lemon in a food processor before adding the eggs, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, almonds and sugar and processing until you have a smooth batter.
- Pour the batter into the springform pan and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Check after 40 minutes to ensure the top is not cooking too much, if so simply cover with foil.
- Let the cake cool in the tin before removing.
- To make the frosting add the butter to the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat until pale and creamy. Reduce the speed to it's lowest setting and gradually add the icing sugar. Finally add the pureed blueberries and mix until combined.
- To decorate the cake smooth over a crumb coating and refrigerate until set before smoothing over another layer of the frosting.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
558kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
76g
(25%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
27g
(42%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
130mg
(43%)
Sodium
201mg
(8%)
Potassium
125mg
(4%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
68g
(136%)
Vitamin A
525IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
17.6mg
(20%)
Calcium
97mg
(10%)
Iron
1.7mg
(9%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 558
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 558kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 76g | 25% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 27g | 42% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 130mg | 43% |
| Sodium | 201mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 125mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 68g | 136% |
| Vitamin A | 525IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 17.6mg | 20% |
| Calcium | 97mg | 10% |
| Iron | 1.7mg | 9% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.