Vinaterta
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 6 | Eggs | |
| ½ | cup | Sweet Cream |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | teaspoon | Almond Flavoring |
| 6 | cups | Flour |
| 4 | teaspoons | Baking Powder |
| 2 | pounds | Prunes |
| 1½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cardamom Seeds; Crushed, Pitted |
Directions
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@...> on Apr 10, 1998