Cracow Pastry Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 10 ounces butter
• 10 ounces flour
• 5 ounces almonds, ground
• 4 egg yolks, hard boiled
• 5 ounces caster sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean, ground to powder

filling

• 4 egg whites, beaten stiff
• 4 ounces caster sugar
• 8 ounces apricot jam, sieved

icing

• 5 ounces caster sugar
• 5 ounces apricot jam
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 15 almond halves

Directions

1. 1

   cream butter and sugar add eggs.

2. 2

   add vanilla bean

3. 3

   add flour and ground almonds

4. 4

   quickly knead pastry dough

5. 5

   divide dough in 5 parts

6. 6

   roll out

7. 7

   bake 4 or 5 thin round layers in a baking pan in turns

8. 8

   the layers should not be browned to much

9. 9

   but should be slightly golden

10. 10

    im guessin 375 for 10 minutes

11. 11

    filling

12. 12

    add sugar to egg whites cream until fluffy.

13. 13

    add sieved jam fold in

14. 14

    icing beat together everything but almonds

15. 15

    spread filling thinly betweeen layers

16. 16

    cover with icing

17. 17

    decorate with rosettes made from almond halves

18. 18

    best made 4 days in advance , so it matures and becomes crubly as hapiness.