Cook: 40 minutes

It’s perfectly lovely served sprinkled with a few flaked almonds before baking. But if you want to elevate it to show-off status it’s worth making with this suprisingly simple white chocolate ganache which can be piped or spread on and finished with almonds and edible flowers.

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Ingredients

Name: White chocolate, lemon and almond cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Ingredients: For the cake: 200g almonds, finely crushed or ground almonds 150g white chocolate, finely chopped 100g butter, at room temperature 200g caster sugar 4 eggs 1 lemon, zest and juice 1 tsp vanilla extract A pinch of salt For the chocolate ganache and decoration: 120ml double cream 150g white chocolate 40-50 whole almonds (optional)

For the cake:

200g almonds, finely crushed or ground almonds

150g white chocolate, finely chopped

100g butter, at room temperature

 200g caster sugar

 4 eggs

1 lemon, zest and juice  1 tsp vanilla extract

A pinch of salt

 For the chocolate ganache and decoration:

120ml double cream

150g white chocolate

40-50 whole almonds (optional)