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Bolo de limão (lemon cake)

A soft cake flavoured with lemon zest and juice, very popular in Angola as an afternoon snack. Its crumb is tender and slightly tangy, perfect with a coffee.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Optional extras

Nutrition facts

365 kcal per serving

Protein
7.6 g
Carbohydrates
46.9 g
of which sugars
25.7 g
Fat
15.7 g
Fiber
1.1 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter a 22 cm loaf or round tin.
  2. Beat the softened butter with the sugar until pale and creamy.
  3. Add the yolks one by one while continuing to beat, then the lemon zest and juice.
  4. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt, then fold them into the batter in two additions with a spatula.
  5. Whisk the whites with the pinch of salt into firm peaks and gently fold them into the batter.
  6. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the centre comes out dry.
  7. Let it cool for 10 minutes before turning out, then dust with icing sugar.

Variations and tips

Lemon glaze. Mix 100 g of icing sugar with the juice of half a lemon to coat the cooled cake.

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Original Ecomely recipe.