Vegetarian
10
Norway
Fyrstekake – Norwegian Prince Cake
Allergens: Eggs, Gluten, Milk, Nuts, Peanuts, Sulphites
Norwegian prince cake: a spiced, buttery shortbread-style slice.
Ingredients
- Plain flour 2 cup
- Sugar 0.75 cup
- Butter 2 tbsp
- Eggs 1
- Almonds 1.5 cup
- Baking powder 1 tsp
- Brown sugar 0.75 cup
- Vanilla extract 1 tsp
- Almond essence 5 drops
- Brandy 2 tbsp
Method
- Crust
- Mix together sugar, vanilla and butter until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the egg yolks.
- Add in the flour and baking powder and knead with hands until the dough is smooth.
- Pack the dough in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Almond filling
- Run the almonds and sugar together in a food processor until the almonds are finely ground (you can decide for yourself how coarse or fine you want them).
- Stir in the butter, egg, cognac and/or almond extract (if using). Assembly
- Line the bottom of your cake form with baking paper and grease the sides of the form.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Cut 2/3 of the crust dough into slices and press down into the cake form. Cover the bottom of the cake form with the dough and bring the dough 2-3 cm (1 inch) up the sides of the form, pressing until even.
- Scoop the almond filling on top of the crust, spreading it evenly across the cake form.
- Roll out of the rest of the dough and slice into long strips.
- Lay the strips of dough across the cake in a grid.
- Don't worry of the strips break – simply press them back together on the cake.
- Gently brush the dough with egg wash.
- Bake for about 45 minutes. The top of the cake should be golden brown while the almond filling will remain soft.