Flourless Lemon and Almond Cake

Bocca di Dama

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8-10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      40 min

Appears in
Jewish Flavours of Italy: A Family Cookbook

By Silvia Nacamulli

Published 2022

  • About

There are quite a few different versions of this cake and the common denominators are eggs, sugar, almonds and lemon. After that, there are lots of variations including with and without flour; the ‘with flour’ version is usually baked for Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, and the ‘without flour’ version for Passover. There are also Italian and Libyan takes on this cake, the latter with delicious icing on top. I eventually settled for this simpler recipe as it tastes and feels light and delica