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Ingredients
- Butter and flour for dusting
- 4 egg yolks
- Grated rind of a small lemon
- 8 ounces sugar
- 8 ounces grated peeled carrots
- 8 ounces grated almonds, blanched or not as you wish
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 4 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line the bottom of an 8 inch round cake pan with parchment, butter and lightly dust the sides with flour.
- Beat yolks, lemon rind and sugar until light and creamy looking.
- Blend in carrots, almonds and flour.
- Whip egg whites until glossy and stiff but not cottony looking.
- Fold them into the batter and transfer to the cake pan.
- Sprinkle with pine nuts and bake for 45 minutes.
- Cool on a cake rack and remove from pan.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.
