{"id":7541,"slug":"burnt-almond-torte","title":"BURNT ALMOND TORTE","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["four eggs","one cup of sifted powdered sugar","one cup of sifted flour","one-half teaspoon of baking-powder","three tablespoons of water","one-fourth pound of almonds","three tablespoons of white sugar","whites of three eggs","one pound of pulverized sugar","rose-water"],"ingredients_norm":["egg","powdered sugar","flour","baking powder","water","fourth pound of almond","white sugar","egg white","rose water"],"steps":["Beat up four eggs with one cup of sifted powdered sugar.","Beat until it looks like a heavy batter.","When you think you cannot possibly beat any longer stir one cup of sifted flour with one-half teaspoon of baking-powder.","Stir it into batter gradually and lightly, adding three tablespoons of water.","Bake in jelly tins.","Filling: Scald one-fourth pound of almonds (by pouring boiling water over them), remove skins, put them on a pie plate and set them in the oven to brown slightly.","Meanwhile, melt three tablespoons of white sugar, without adding water, stirring it all the while.","Stir up the almonds in this, then remove them from the fire and lay on a platter separately to cool.","Make an icing of the whites of three eggs beaten very stiff, with one pound of pulverized sugar, and flavor with rose-water.","Spread this upon layers and cover each layer with almonds.","When finished frost the whole cake, decorating with almonds."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w76:1","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"d57173dea9f44bed09a991b9eaf95f8eb135792acc68ea517a29dd8e9d4f1f5f","created_at":"2026-08-02T17:02:35Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/burnt-almond-torte"}