Italian Desserts Recipes - Almond Coffee Torte (Torta di Café con Mandorle) Recipe

Ingredients

• 8 eggs, separated

• 175 g/6 oz/3/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar

• 60 ml/4 tbsp very strong coffee

• 175 g/6 oz/1 1/4 cups ground almonds

• 45 ml/3 tbsp semolina (cream of wheat)

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour

• 5 ml/1 tsp unsalted (sweet) butter

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Method:

1. Beat the egg yolks and sugar until very thick and creamy.

2. Add the coffee, almonds and the semolina. Beat well and fold in the flour.

3. Stiffly whisk the egg whites and fold in with a metal spoon. Pour into a greased 23 cm/9 in cake tin (pan).

4. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for about 40-50 minutes until the centre springs back when lightly pressed.