Life, Death & Dinner

Life, Death & Dinner

Recipes

Flourless Lemon-Almond Cake

What's the occasion? Spreading lemon-scented sunshine on Passover & Easter.

Liza Schoenfein's avatar
Liza Schoenfein
Mar 29, 2026
∙ Paid
caption...

If Claudia Roden’s Orange and Almond Cake and Niloufer Ichaporia King’s Cardamom Cake had a baby—who inherited none of its parents’ cardamom or orange genes, but instead shined bright with lemon—it would look like this zingy, fragrant flourless dessert.

So how is this baby related to its progenitors? Well, I borrowed Roden’s technique of boili…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Liza Schoenfein.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Liza Schoenfein · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture