Filling
Use
packaged prunes, cover with water and cook slowly for 45 minutes.
Drain prunes, save liquid. Cool remaining prunes and pit.
Put pitted prunes trhough food grinder. Add juice, sugar,
cardamom to prunes (use rum or whiskey and salt).
Dough
Cream
butter or margarine, add sugar gradually, until creamy. Beat eggs
slightly, then stir eggs and vanilla into creamed sugar. Sift
flour, salt and baking powder and add to batter. Add milk to
batter mixture. THe dough should be firm and stiff. Chill
in refrigerator. Set oven to 350°. Bake cake on bottom of
pan. Divide into 7 portions, roll it very thin, bake 20 minutes
or until brown. Create a layer cake by spreading the filling on
one layer and covering with another until all 7 dough layers have been
used. |