Gateau elegant au citron

Lemon macaroon cake

Preparation info
  • For a

    9 inch

    cake
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New Menus from Simca's Cuisine

By Simone Beck and Michael James

Published 1979

  • About

This is a dressy and yet rather easy cake to make, not too sweet, and with a slightly chewy quality, the base being a kind of macaroon mixture of meringue and pulverized almonds, with a rich lemon cream to finish it off.

Ingredients

  • 5 eggs, separated
  • Pinch of salt
  • cup (335

Method

Place a piece of buttered waxed paper or baking parchment on the bottom of the pan, then butter the sides well.

Beat the egg whites with the pinch of salt until they form soft peaks. Gradually sprinkle on 1 cup (190