Festive Cream Cake

== Description ==
Serves 8 -10
=== 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:Almond meal Recipes
Category:Apricot Desserts
Category:Apricot Recipes
Category:Light whipping cream Recipes
Category:Norwegian Desserts