Portuguese Post! Cakes Dona Amelia

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Bolos Dona Amelia

I made these delicious little cakes for dinner with Gram and Papa.  I couldn't find all the original ingredients so I changed the recipe a little.  As it turns out, the recipe i chose to make uses corn meal flour so these are a gluten free Portuguese treat!

Ingredients

-9 egg yolks

- 2 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (room temp)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- grated rind of half lemon
- 1/2 cup currants and two dried figs put through a grinder
- 2 cups blue corn meal flour
-5 egg whites
- powdered sugar or superfine granulated sugar

1. Beat egg yolks with the sugar until thick and lemon color.
2. Melt the butter and let it cool. Add the honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon rind, currants, figs, and the melted butter. Stir to combine.
3. Sift the corn meal flour and stir in thoroughly.  Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold into the batter.
4. Spoon the dough into greased, floured cupcake tins and baked at 325 F for 30- 35 minutes.
5. Remove the cakes from the pans and while still warm, roll in superfine sugar OR sprinkle with powdered sugar.