Almond cake

Ingredients:

3 cups chopped almonds

8 eggs

1 ½ cups sugar

3 rusks, crumbed

2 tsp baking powder

½ small wineglass of cognac

Zest of a lemon

1 pinch of salt

Syrup:

2 cups sugar

1 ½ cups of water

Juice of half a lemon

Preparation:

Beat the sugar with the egg yolks until the mixture whitens. Dissolve the baking powder in the cognac and add to the mixture along with the almonds, crumbed rusks, and lemon zest. Beat the egg whites to a stiff meringue and add to the mixture along with the salt. Pour the mixture into a buttered cake tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the syrup and pour it over the cake as soon as it is removed from the oven.