Gató almond cake with oranges and almond ice cream

Mallorcan

Gató almond cake with oranges and almond ice cream

Mallorca's almond cake. No flour, plenty of island.

  • 50 min
  • easy
  • Vegetarian

The gató is still warm, the ice cream starts to melt, and for the first time this evening the table goes quiet.

Adults
8
Children count as half
0

What you need

1 cake tin (20–24 cm) · 2 bowls · 1 whisk · 1 grater · 1 oven

Shopping list

Everything included – down to the salt. Tick off what you already have – we'll bring the rest to your finca.

  • 200 g Ground almonds
  • 4.0 pc Eggs
  • 200 g Sugar
  • 1 pc Lemon (for the zest)
  • 1 pinch Ground cinnamon
  • 10 g Butter for the tin
  • 0.5 m Baking paper
  • 1 tbsp Icing sugar
  • 800 g Oranges
  • 640 ml Almond ice cream

Goes well with it

Jaume Serra Cava Semi Seco – 750 ml 5,19 €

How it works

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Butter the tin and line the base with baking paper.
  2. Separate the eggs. Beat the yolks with the sugar until pale and creamy, then stir in the almonds, the grated lemon zest and a pinch of cinnamon.
  3. Whisk the whites until stiff and fold them in gently. That's the whole secret – there's no flour in this.
  4. Spread into the tin and bake for 30 minutes, until golden on top and a skewer comes out clean.
  5. Leave to cool for 10 minutes, release from the tin, dust with icing sugar.
  6. Peel the oranges and slice them. Serve the gató warm in pieces, oranges alongside, a scoop of almond ice cream on top.

Everything for this recipe

Gató almond cake with oranges and almond ice cream

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For children

Let the kids whisk the egg whites. The classic test: turn the bowl upside down – if nothing slides out, it's stiff. Whose head you hold it over is up to you.

Leftovers for tomorrow

Leftover gató keeps covered for two days. Have it for breakfast with yogurt and oranges – or simply with coffee.

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