1 c Butter
3 Eggs
1/3 c All-purpose flour
2/3 c Sugar
1 ts Double-acting baking powder
1 c Shelled almonds — ground
1 ts Almond extract
1/4 c Raspberry jam
2 tb Powdered sugar — sifted
1 ts Fresh lemon juice
Have 1/2 cup butter at room temperature. Sift together flour, baking
powder, and 1/3 cup sugar. Cut the 1/2 cup butter into dry
ingredients with a pastry blender until mixture resembles cornmeal.
Beat one egg and stir into flour mixture. Pat into a 9″ Soften
remaining 1/2 cup of butter and beat remaining sugar into it. Beat
in two eggs, one at a time, beating well between each. Stir in
almonds and extract. Pour over pastry. Bake at 350 degrees for 30
minutes. Remove from oven and cool one hour. Spread jam over torte.
Mix powdered sugar with enough lemon juice to form a spreadable
icing. Use a pastry bag fitted with small hole to pipe icing in a
design over top of torte.
Yields
8 servings