Linzer Schnitten (Linzer Cake) |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 75 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A traditional Austrian, absolutely delicious and so easy to make cake. Classic :)! Ingredients:
200 g coarse flour |
200 g cold butter |
100 g sugar |
100 g ground hazelnuts |
40 g breadcrumbs |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 egg |
60 g redcurrant jam |
1 tablespoon rum |
1 tablespoon powdered sugar |
Directions:
1. Crust: Knead butter, sugar, flour, egg, breadcrumbs, cinnamon and hazelnuts to a soft dough, form to a ball and let cool in the fridge for about 20 minutes.
2. Mix jam with rum.
3. Butter a cake pan and split dough in halves.
4. Use rolling pin to flatten dough.
5. Cover cake pan with one half of dough and coat with jam-rum mixture.
6. Cut other half of dough in half inch wide stripes and arrange lattice-like on the jam rum mixture.
7. Bake at 175°C until golden brown (45minutes).
8. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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