Janet Wilder > wrote:
: I found this recipe online. Haven't made it yet, but it looks really nice.


: * Exported from MasterCook *

: Torta del Re - King's Cake

: Recipe By :From Laura Dolson,
: Your Guide to Low Carb Diets.
: Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
: Categories : cakes Passover

: Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
: -------- ------------ --------------------------------
: 5 eggs -- separated
: 2 cups almond meal
: 1/2 teaspoon salt
: 1 teaspoon vanilla
: 1 teaspoon almond extract
: Zest of one lemon
: juice of one lemon
: 1 1/4 cups Splenda

: Grease springform pan or 10" round cake pan. Line bottom with parchment
: also helpful. Heat oven to 325 F.

: Whisk egg yolks until light in color. Beat the rest of the
: ingredients except egg white, ending with the almond meal. It will be
: very stiff at this point.

: Beat egg whites until at a soft peak.

: Combine one third of the egg whites with the rest

: Fold the rest of the egg whites in, and put in greased pan.

: Bake for about 30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool
: completely in pan.

: Cuisine:
: "Italian"
: Source:
: "About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our
: Medical Review Board"


: NOTES : This is a traditional cake of the Piedmonte region of Northern
: Italy. It is also a popular Passover cake among Italian Jews.

Thanks for the recipe. Unfortunaely, the only artificial sweetener I can
get for passover is sacharrine(sp?) s Splenda does not make a home pruduct
for the holiday. I mitcht well try it just for another time like Rosh
Hashana.

Happy New Year to all of you, Jewish or not.

Wendy



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