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Fryste Kake- (prince's Cake)

Source of Recipe

Scandinavian


Recipe Introduction

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F.

List of Ingredients

2 C flour
3/4 C butter
3/4 C sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 egg yolks
2 T milk

Filling;
1 C almonds
1 1/4 C powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp crushed cardamom seed
2 egg whites, beaten


Recipe

Make a pastry by cutting the butter into the flour. Add egg yolks, baking powder, sugar and milk. Knead well, then chill. Rool out like pie crust and place in 2 layer cake pans, pressing dough up sides of tins. (save 1/3 of pastry for top).
grind almonds, then grind again with the powdered sugar. Add flavoring and spices. Combine with the egg whites, adding a little cold water if the mixture seems a little dry. Spread over dough in pans. Cut rest of dough in strips. twist the strips and place in lattice pattern over the filling. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.