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Lemon Mint Cake with Almonds

Kankana Saxena
Servings 0

Ingredients
 

  • 3 eggs (kept in room temperature)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup whole almond (grated to fine dust)
  • ½ cup almond (roasted and then chopped roughly for garnish)
  • 1 tbs baking powder
  • 1 tbs vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all purpose flour (plus extra to dust the baking pan)
  • 1 ½ tbs mint leaves (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbs lemon zest
  • 1 ½ tbs lemon juice
  • ½ cup milk in room temperature
  • ½ cup oil
  • ½ cup butter (plus extra to grease the baking pan)

Instructions
 

  • Crack the eggs in a big bowl and add sugar. Whisk them till they are smooth and mixed properly.
  • Add oil and melted butter to it and continue mixing.
  • Next, add the lemon zest and lemon juice and continue mixing.
  • Lastly, add the mint leaves and give another big whisk to make sure everything is mixed properly.
  • Now, in another big bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, almond dust and mix it.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and keep whisking until it's smooth.
  • Add vanilla extract and milk to it and mix everything again to make sure there is no air holes.
  • Grease the baking pan with butter and dust it with flour.
  • Pour the batter in the baking pan.
  • Garnish it with the chopped almond and bake it at 375 F for about 55 minutes.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings