Our Holy Almond Cake

It may not be an impressive looking cake, but Torta de Santiago has a great reputation in one of the most famous pilgrimage towns in Northern Spain. It's a delectable almond cake in every sense of the word.

All you need are ground almonds with the skin still intact, cinnamon, egg white, whipping cream, and grated lemon rind. The mixture of these ingredients when baked result in a fluffy cake that you can garnish with chopped almonds, brandy and whipping cream. Did you know the Spanish actually put Santiago's cross on top of this cake?

So goes the story of this wonderful (and saintly) loaf.