Runeberg Tart
Finnish almond and raspberry jam cakes, soaked in rum syrup and topped with sugar icing, baked for 25 minutes in small tins.
Photograph credit: A Runeberg's torte by k · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
What to Put on the Table With Runeberg Tart
- Coffee
- Tea
- Rum
How to Make Runeberg Tart
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Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F and butter 8 small tins. Beat the butter and 100 g sugar until pale. Beat in the egg.
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Fold in the almonds, gingersnap crumbs, flour and baking powder, then the cream and 2 tablespoons of rum.
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Fill the tins two thirds full and bake for 25 minutes until golden. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes.
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Simmer the syrup sugar and water for 3 minutes, add the rum and brush over the warm cakes.
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Mix the icing sugar with the 1 tablespoon of water, pipe a ring on each cake and fill with the jam.
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A Few Notes
Butter the tins well.
Fill them two thirds full.
Soak the cakes while warm.
Leftovers
Keeps for 4 days in a tin.
What's in a Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. The calories include 3 g of alcohol a serving, which is not part of the protein, carbohydrate or fat. How the figures are worked out.
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