Lemon Almond Mint Cake

Ingredients

• 3 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup whole almond, grated to fine dust (or use equivalent amount of almond flour) 
• 1/2 cup almond slices, roasted for garnish
• 1 tbs baking powder
• 1 tbs vanilla extract
• 1 cup all purpose flour (for keto replace with 30% coconut and 70% almond flour) , plus extra to dust the baking pan
• 1 1/2 TBS mint leaves, finely chopped
• 1 TBS lemon zest (one lemon)
• 1 1/2 TBS lemon juice
• 1/2 cup milk, room temperature (if using coconut flour, use 30% less milk)
• 1/2 cup oil (if using almond flour, use half this amount)
• 1/2 cup butter, plus extra to grease the baking pan

Instructions

1. Crack the eggs in a big bowl and add sugar. Whisk them till they are smooth.
2. Add oil and melted butter to it and continue mixing.
3. Next, add the lemon zest and lemon juice and continue mixing.
4. Lastly, add the mint leaves and give another big whisk to make sure everything is mixed properly.
5. Now, in another big bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, almond dust and mix it.
6. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and keep whisking until it's smooth.
7. Add vanilla extract and milk to it and mix everything again to make sure there is no air holes.
8. Grease the baking pan with butter and dust it with flour.
9. Pour the batter in the baking pan.
10. Garnish it with the chopped almond and bake it at 190ºC (375 F) for about 55 minutes.