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Linzer Torte

Ingredients

• 1 pound of butter
• 1 pound of sugar
• 4 whole eggs
• 3/4 pound of pounded almonds or walnuts
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon of cloves
• 1 pound of flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking-powder
• a few drops of bitter almond essence
• apricot, strawberry, or raspberry jam
• pineapple marmalade

Instructions

Cream butter with sugar until foamy, then add one by one the whole eggs. Mix well, then stir in pounded almonds or walnuts, cinnamon, cloves, flour, baking-powder, and bitter almond essence. Put in four layer pans and bake in slow oven. Put together with apricot, strawberry, or raspberry jam and pineapple marmalade, each layer having a different preserve. Ice top and sides. If only two layers are desired for home use, half the quantity of ingredients can be used. This is a very fine cake. It is better the second day.

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Source

The International Jewish Cook Book (1919).