| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Eggs, Dairy, Grains |
Icelandic |
Dessert, Icelandic |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
c |
Butter |
| 2 |
c |
Sugar |
| 6 |
|
Eggs |
| 1/2 |
c |
Sweet Cream |
| 1 |
ts |
Vanilla |
| 1 |
ts |
Almond Flavoring |
| 6 |
c |
Flour |
| 4 |
ts |
Baking Powder |
| 2 |
lb |
Prunes |
| 1 1/2 |
c |
Sugar |
| 1 |
tb |
Cardamom Seeds; Crushed, Pitted |
INSTRUCTIONS
FILLING
Make filling first: Boil pitted prunes and add sugar and crushed cardamom
seeds. Cook until sugar dissolves. Cool. Beat well or put through food
chopper.
Dough: Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add
cream and flavorings. Add flour sifted with baking powder. Blend well.
Divide dough into 5 or 6 equal parts. Roll out and bake a layer on cookie
sheet at 375F for 8 to 10 minutes.
This dough will make one large (cookie sheet size) torte of 5 or 6 layers,
or 2-9" tortes five or six layers each.
When all the layers are baked and cooled, put together with prune mixture
and ice with almond flavored butter icing, if desired. Makes 1 large or 2
small
Formatted by Carole Walberg
Recipe by: "Homemade Heritage"
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by "Bob & Carole Walberg"
<walbergr@mb.sympatico.ca> on Apr 10, 1998
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