Buckwheat Cake with Lingonberries

Torta di grano saraceno con mirtilli rossi

INGREDIENTS

  • 6 eggs
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 250 g sugar
  • 250 g butter
  • 150 g buckwheat flour
  • 1 packet of baking powder
  • 150 g ground hazelnuts
  • 1 grated apple
  • Zest of one lemon
  • Icing sugar for dusting
  • 335 g lingonberry fruit preserve

METHOD

  1. Whisk 100 g of sugar with the egg whites and a pinch of salt until light and frothy.
  2. Cream the softened butter with the remaining sugar, then gradually beat in the egg yolks.
  3. Add the buckwheat flour, baking powder, ground hazelnuts, grated apple and lemon zest to the mixture and combine well.
  4. Gently fold in the beaten egg whites, mixing carefully from the bottom up to keep the batter airy.
  5. Pour the mixture into a greased and floured springform tin and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 40 minutes.
  6. Allow the cake to cool completely, then cut in half horizontally, fill with the lingonberry fruit preserve and dust with icing sugar.
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