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King's Cake

4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g Butter (clarified)
• 12 pcs Egg yolks
• 500 g Sugar
• 1 pcs Lemon (zest and juice)
• 75 g Sweet almonds (finely chopped)
• 15 g Bitter almonds (finely chopped)
• 125 g Currants
• 125 g Candied citron (finely chopped)
• 500 g Flour
• 2 tsp Baking powder

Instructions

1. Cream the clarified butter until fluffy, then gradually add egg yolks, sugar, grated lemon zest and lemon juice, and finely chopped sweet and bitter almonds, stirring constantly.
2. Mix in currants, finely chopped candied citron, flour, and finally baking powder.
3. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites, fill the dough into oblong molds, and bake at moderate heat for one and a half to two hours.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.