Mazarin Cake I Recipes

MAZARIN CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

SWEDISH MAZARIN TORTE OR MAZARINS

Steps:

• Combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and flour and stir until smooth.
• Place dough in refrigerator for one hour.
• To make filling, combine butter and sugar until smooth. Add almonds, eggs and food coloring and mix until well blended.
• Butter an 8 inch pie tin.
• Remove dough from refrigerator and roll out to fit the pie tin and then spread the filling evenly over the crust.
• Bake in a slow oven - 250F - for 30 minutes. Cool in the tin.
• When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar or spread with a simple icing (1/2 c powdered sugar and 1 tablespoons water).
• OPTIONAL: you can make these into small tarts instead. Follow same steps but bake in 375F oven for 20 minutes. These are called Mazarins.