Lemons
Lemon is a versatile product, as a fruit, healing aid, and even a cleaning agent.
It is claimed that lemon has miraculous healing qualities. After reading research material I think the root quality of lemon is in its high content of vitamin C. There are many other vitamins and minerals in lemon, as well as being packed with antioxidants.
Unfortunately, I could not find any supporting material for the alkalising qualities of lemon, as there were many claims on this lately. It has been very popular to drink lemon water in the morning 15-20 minutes before breakfast. Food Matters site listed the benefits of lemon water last year.
This recipe has lemons as a central ingredient for this cake.
Spicy Lemon Cake
Ingredients.
Base:
3/4 cup any plain yoghurt
2 egg yolks
1/8 cup any sweetener
2 tbsp oil
150g/5oz almond meal/almond flour
Filling:
2 medium lemons
3/4 cup any sweetener
1/2 tsp of Baking Spice (contains ground cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger)
2 tsp Agar-Agar powder
1/2 cup water
Topping:
2 egg whites
2 tbsp Monk Fruit sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
*20cm/8in cake spring form
Method.
1. Soak agar in cold water in a saucepan. Preheat the oven to 175C/347F.
2. Cover the bottom of the spring cake tin with baking paper and wipe sides with oil.
3. Mix all the base ingredients to make a dough. Using a spatula, spread the dough in the bottom of the form. Bake for 15 mins.
4. Peel the lemon zest but leave it on the half of one lemon. Cut the lemons to remove the seeds. Using a blender, process lemons with the baking spices to make a fine paste.
5. Take out the base before starting this step. Constantly mix water with agar using a silicone spatula on medium heat until the mixture starts to boil, add sugar and continue to mix until it bubbles. Remove from the heat.
6. Combine the lemon paste and agar syrup then quickly spread the filling over the base and refrigerate for an hour.
7. Once the cake is cold and lemon is set firm, beat the egg whites until soft picks form. Add the vanilla essence and then gradually add sugar, continue mixing until a firm meringue forms. Spread the meringue as a third layer over the lemon layer and refrigerate.
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