Recipe - Vinarterta

1 One half cup Granulated sugar
1 cup Butter or margarine
3 Eggs
One half cup Milk
2 teaspoon Almond flavouring
1 teaspoon Vanilla
4 cup Flour or more if needed
3 teaspoon Baking powder

FILLING
2 pound Prunes
2 cup Water
2 One half cup Granulated sugar

My motherinlaw is Icelandic and this is a recipe that was passed down
from her grandmother. Whenever she has friends visiting from Iceland she
serves then this and they comment on how much it reminds then of their
youth. Although the calls for ground prunes (I try to forget this when I
eat the cake) you can substitute your favourite jam. When you slice the
cake it is very pretty seeing all the layers.

Cream butter or margarine, add sugar gradually, add eggs one at a time. Add
milk and flavoring. Sift dry ingredients, and add to the above mixture.
Need in enough flour to make a soft "cookie" dough.

Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour

Roll thin and bake in layered cake pan for appox 10 min (350 deg f)

Tip: Roll the dough on the bottom of cake pan and put directly in the oven.

Filling: Remove stones from prunes and grind the prunes. Combine with water
and sugar. Boil mixture, being careful to stir frequently. You only boil
this mixture for 57 minutes. Cool the mixture.

To assemble, Spread one layer with prune filling, add second layer and
continue until all layers are used. You should have 67 layers.

Notes: If you want to put on an icing you can. Also, if you don';t want to
use prunes you can substitute jam.

Posted to EATL Digest 10 Apr 97 by Graham Jones (519)4512500 Ext 2956
Fax: 5194526156 on Apr 11, 1997