A layered cake with many variations, liivakook, or sand cake or torte, is made here with a plum filling. Recipe Servings: Serves 10
Prep Time
5 minutes
+ 2 minutes resting
+ 2 minutes resting
Cook Time
1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time
1 hour 12 minutes
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Kosher
Halal
Ingredients
Dough:
- 6 cups (720 g) flour
- 1 tsp (5 ml) baking powder
- Juice and zest of 1 orange
- 1/2 lb (230 g/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups (300 g) sugar
- 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, whipped
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) milk
Filling:
Directions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, butter, and sugar. Mix until a coarse mixture develops.
- Add orange zest and juice. Mix well.
- Make a well in the mixture, and slowly add the whipped eggs.
- Add the milk while continuing to mix.
- Form the dough with your hands but do not knead.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
- Divide the dough into 6 parts. On a floured surface, roll out one part so it is about 9 x 12 in (23 x 30 cm) in size.
- Place the dough on the cookie sheet and bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes.
- Cut about 1 in (2.5 cm) from the circumference of the dough. Reserve to make crumbs later.
- Repeat the rolling, baking, and cutting for the remaining 5 parts of dough.
- Cook pudding according to package directions, but use half the amount of milk. Allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter. Add butter to the pudding.
- Put one cooled cake layer on a cake plate. Spread preserves over the cake.
- Place a second layer of cake on top. Spread with pudding.
- Repeat this with remaining layers.
- Spread a thin layer of pudding around the top and sides of cake.
- Put leftover cake pieces into a food processor to make crumbs. Sprinkle cake crumbs over top of cake.
- Chill for 2 to 3 days to allow flavors to blend.
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