Saltine Cracker Cake
"My friend shares this recipe that she found in her mother's recipe box a few months ago. Weber thinks it dates back to the 1930s. She made this unusual cake and says that it was quite good."
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
- 5 eggs, separated
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 20 unsalted saltine crackers
- 3⁄4 cup almonds, toasted chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3⁄4 cup apricot jam
- 1 cup crumbled macaroons
- 1⁄2 cup heavy whipping cream, for 1 cup whipped
- 1 dash salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
- In a large bowl, beat 5 egg yolks with sugar.
- Place crackers in a plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin until crushed to fine crumbs.
- Add to sugar mixture.
- Add almonds, almond extract and salt and combine well.
- In another bowl, beat 5 egg whites until stiff and glossy.
- Fold into almond batter.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until cake tests done; check at 30 to 35 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- When cake is cool, remove sides of springform pan.
- Spread top of cake with apricot jam and sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
- Whip cream and spread over top of cake.
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I work in health care and love to cook. My mother is from France. I take after her, however with working long hours I like fast simple recipes Monday-Friday. On the weekend Icook those extra special dinners.
