Mazarin Cake
- 1 23 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 13 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 2 cups grated almonds
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 4 tablespoons raspberry jam
- To prepare short paste, sift flour and baking powder into bowl and work in remaining 3 ingredients in order given until you have smooth paste.
- Set aside.
- To prepare filling, work first 3 ingredients together by hand, then beat in eggs with wooden spoon.
- Beat in almond extract.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Divide short paste in two and, using fingers, press it into 2 9-inch tart pans, lining them completely.
- Spread 2 tablespoons raspberry jam in bottom of each pan and divide filling evenly between them.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until centers are well puffed.
- Serve in small wedges.
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Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/896 (may not work)