Tosca Cake Norwegian Toscakake Recipes

Steps:

• For Cake:.
• Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Sift 1 cup plus 1 tablespoons of flour with baking powder and salt.
• Stir in flour mixture alternately with cream, stir until well blended.
• Add melted butter or margarine, blend until smooth.
• Butter a pie plate and sprinkle with fine, dry breadcrumbs or flour; coat well. Spoon batter into 9" pie plate. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until middle of cake is firm.
• For Almond Sugar Topping:.
• Combine almonds with remaining ingredients in a small saucepan. Heat, stirring until mixture begins to bubble.
• Remove from heat and stir briskly a few times.
• Spread top of cake very gently with Topping.
• Turn up heat to 375 degrees, return cake to oven and bake 5-10 minutes longer, with a cookie sheet under the pan to prevent the bottom of cake from getting overdone. bake cake until topping is brown and bubbly.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Butter a 9-inch square baking pan
• In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar until smooth. Blend in the egg yolk and flour until the dough forms.
• Press into the baking pan evenly and build up the edges about 1/2 inch. Bake for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop the almonds in the food processor or in a food chopper. Blend the almonds with the butter and sugar.
• Beat in the egg and the egg white until fluffy.
• Fold into the butter and almond mixture.
• Pour into the partially baked crust. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until the filling is set.
• To make the topping, melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the sugar, almonds, flour, and milk. Heat, stirring until thickened. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Spread the mixture over the baked cake. Cool and cut into squares. Makes 16 squares.