FESTIVE CREAM CAKE

==Description==
Serves 8 -10
thumb|FESTIVE CREAM CAKE 
===Ingredients===
Cake:
*5 eggs
*3/4 cup Sugar (180 ml)
*1 tsp. baking powder (5 ml)
*1/2 cup corn starch (125 ml)
*1 cup all-purpose flour (250 ml)
Filling:
*2 cups pureed sweetened apricots (500 ml)
*2 cups whipping cream (500 ml)
*1 tbsp. Sugar (15 ml)
*1 tsp. vanilla (5 ml)
Marzipan:
*1 package, 100 g, ground almonds, sifted
*1 tbsp. wine or water
===Directions===
*Cake:
*Cut wax paper to fit an 20cm round spring form pan.
*Have eggs at room temperature. 
*Beat eggs until light. 
*Gradually add Sugar and continue beating . 
*Sift flour, baking powder, and corn starch and gently fold into eggs. 
*Pour into prepared pan and bake at 190C for 20 minutes. 
*Cool in pan for 10 minutes. 
*Finish cooling.
*Filling:
*Whip cream with Sugar and vanilla. 
*Split cake in two layers. 
*Spread half of the apricot puree on the bottom layer, and spread half of the whipped cream on top, repeat for second layer. 
*Roll out marzipan, cover the top of the cake. 
*Use an icing bag and decorate top and sides with remaining whipped cream. 
*Garnish with apricot halves.
*Marzipan:
*1 package, 100 g, ground almonds, sifted. 
*Measure ground almonds after it has been sifted and add an equal amount of sifted icing sugar. 
*Moisten with 1 tbsp. wine . 
*Add a few more drops of liquid if necessary. 
*Dust working surface with sifted icing sugar and roll out . 
*Transfer the marzipan onto the cake, trim edges and remove any dry icing sugar with a brush dipped in cold water.
*Decorate with red frosted grapes.
*Dip grapes in fork-beaten egg whites, roll in Sugar and dry on wax paper.
==See also==
 Category:Norwegian Desserts Category:Desserts Category:Recipes
Category:Norwegian Recipes
category:Apricot Recipes
Category:Red Grapes Recipes
category:flour Recipes
category:light whipping cream Recipes
category:almond meal Recipes
category:baking powder Recipes
category:ultra-pasteurized cream Recipes
category:powdered sugar Recipes
category:cornstarch Recipes
category:vanilla powder Recipes
category:apricot Recipes
category:grapes Recipes
category:Sugar Recipes
category:granulated sugar Recipes
category:cream Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:egg Recipes
Category:Apricot Desserts