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Recipe Mazarin Cake II (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 7 tablespoons butter
- 1 egg yolk
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- 10 1/2 ounces almond paste
- 5 tablespoons butter, chilled
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
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- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 12 maraschino cherries, garnish
Preparing/Cooking:
- Combine flour, sugar in a food processor, add the 7 tablespoons butter and egg yolk.
- Pulse until mixture comes together as smooth dough.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and briefly knead the dough.
- Wrap with plastic and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Roll the dough out to about a 12 inch circle.
- Cover the bottom and halfway up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan.
- Set aside.
- Cut almond paste and butter into pieces and combine in the bowl of a food processor.
- Process until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time, and process until smooth.
- Mix in almond extract.
- Pour filling into prepared crust.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown and filling is set.
- Let cool for 20 minutes, then gently loosen sides of pan and cool completely.
- In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar with water to make a thin glaze.
- Spread on top of cake and garnish with cherries.
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