This flourless Spanish Almond Cake (Tarta de Santiago, or St. James’ Cake) came to us from Recipephany’s Senior Cookie Advisor, Joanne Hofmann Sexeny (see Pecan Praline Cookies). Moist, sweet, light and fluffy, this simple cake tastes luxurious and looks elegant. “It’s my best almond cake go-to,” Joanne said, pointing us to the Tarta de Santiago recipe on Epicurious. Then out of the blue we got an email from Steve Granek, also a fan of the Epicurious almond cake. He had stumbled onto Recipephany and suspected that the cake and its backstory would ring our chimes. Well, did it ever. Steve bakes the cake frequently, and in many variations—with lemon and orange zest, only lemon…
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