Nick Malgieri

Fresh Raspberry Linzertorte

Preparation info
  • One 9 inch cake, about

    8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

  • About

The flavor combination of nuts and spice in a buttery cake such as this is one of my favorites. Here the Linzer dough is baked without the traditional jam filling and then used as a base for raspberry preserves and a topping of fresh berries.

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup (about 4 ounces) blanched a

Method

  1. Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
  2. To make the dough, mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Rub in the butter finely by hand. In a small bowl, whisk the egg and yolk together with the lemon zest and vanilla extract