Almond, corn flour and lemon cake (gluten-free)
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The south of Italy is widely known by their almond desserts and this is one of their typical cakes. <br />Its dry ingredients are only ground blanched almonds and fine corn flour, so a great gluten-free cake. <br />This cake recipe comes from the Amalfi Coast in the south west of Italy. <br />This region of Italy is both rich in almonds and lemons, mainly their famous "Sfusato Amalfitano" lemon. <br />The lemon tree, native to India, arrived in the South of Europe through the Arabs who, during their conquests in the 14th and 15th Century, introduced this citrus in Sicily and in the south of Italy. <br />The almond tree, native to Central Asia, was brought to Italy by the Greeks around the 5th Century B.C.. It's in Sicily, mainly in the Agrigento region, that exist the best and most perfumed almonds of Italy. <br />This cake is made with ground blanched almonds so that the cake comes out perfectly white and you can see the specs of yellow from the lemon. But, if you would rather use almonds with the skin on, go ahead and use almond meal! <br />
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