Pandoro alla Napoletana

• 1/3 cup peeled almonds
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup semolina flour
• 2 sticks butter
• 1 cup sugar
• grated lemon peel
• vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup dried candied fruit
• confectioners sugar

In a bowl, mix the almonds with one egg, add the flour and whip for a few minutes. In a saucepan, melt the butter, and add the sugar, the remaining eggs, the lemon peel and the vanilla extract. Mix well and add to the first mixture. Add the dried candied fruit and pour the batter into a buttered and floured baking pan. Cook in the oven for 30 minutes at 200° and dust with confectioners sugar.

Recipe courtesy of Italian Cooking & Living magazine.  Click here to view more delicious Italian recipes!