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    Use good-quality seedless raspberry jam for the filling of this simple torte.
    Martha Stewart Living, December/January 1995/1996
    • Yield Serves 8 to 10
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    Ingredients

    • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, room temperature, plus more for pans
    • 1 1/2 cups unblanched, whole almonds
    • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
    • 1/4 cup cornstarch
    • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 6 large eggs
    • 1/4 cup orange-flavored liqueur
    • 1 cup seedless raspberry jam
    • 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling
    • Marzipan holly leaf and berries, for decoration (optional)
    • Vegetable-oil cooking spray

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans. Line with parchment; butter parchment. In a food processor, process almonds and sugar to a powder. Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder, and salt.
    2. In an electric mixer, beat 2 eggs with almond-sugar mixture on low speed until blended, about 1 minute. Add remaining eggs, one at a time, beating on high speed for 3 to 4 minutes and scraping down sides of bowl after each egg. Beat in liqueur.
    3. Sprinkle cornstarch mixture over egg mixture; fold in. Fold in melted butter. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 15 minutes, rotate pans between oven shelves, and bake until cake tester inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean, 15 to 17 more minutes. Line two wire racks with parchment; spray paper with cooking spray. Turn cakes out of pans to cool on parchment-lined cooling racks for 45 minutes.
    4. In a small saucepan, warm jam over low heat, stirring occasionally. Spread warm jam on one cake layer; top with second layer, and dust with confectioners' sugar. Decorate with marzipan if desired.

    Recipe Reviews

    • Tiffany_Sun
      28 Dec, 2008

      I made this torte on Christmas Eve, and it came out beautifully -- not overly sweet, and you can really taste the almonds in the cake. Since i didn't have a food processor or an electric mixer, i mixed everything in my blender. Worked like a charm!

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