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Buckwheat Cake with Lingonberries

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