Almonds belong to my favourite baking and cooking ingredients because they are so versatile. With ground almonds you cook the perfect Chicken Korma or mix a tasty Xató sauce. Of ground almonds you can make yummy marzipan. Toasted flaked almonds look festive on a cake or on sweet buns. A whole blanched almond can a lucky one find from their traditional Finnish Christmas porridge made of rice and fresh milk - and keep being the lucky one the following year.
The recipe for this cake I found again on Nigella's webpage. Again, yes. To be honest, I am not a huge Nigella fan - nor am I a huge fan of any celebrity chef. Homebakers and chefs are the ones that rule! Of course we need inspiration and sometimes the celebrities are the ones to bring up important issues which need urgent attention - Jamie Oliver vs. school lunches, for example. And sometimes, simply, a celebrity chef's website just happens to be the one where you end up when googling for a recipe with almonds and lemon. Like in this case. Nigella. Again.
Despite of/thanks to Nigella the cake turned out great. There is no flour at all in the recipe so if you have wheat allergy, this will suit you, too. Enjoy with vanilla ice cream and black espresso!
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