Malakov Torte

9 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 dozen ladyfingers, crumbled
  • 1/2 cup milk, mixed with
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup strong black coffee
  • 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup softened sweet butter (ie, unsalted)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup blanched slivered almond

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine milk, cornstarch, coffee& egg yolks in top of double boiler and cook over boiling water until pudding consistency.
  2. 2
    Remove from heat, and let cool.
  3. 3
    Cream butter with sugar and add the pudding mixture by tablespoon-fulls, stirring constantly.
  4. 4
    Add almonds& vanilla.
  5. 5
    Line a cake pan with one-third of lady fingers; put half of pudding mixture on top.
  6. 6
    Repeat layers, with the last third of crumbled lady fingers on top.
  7. 7
    Cover with waxed paper and refrigerate overnight with a weight on top, so that the pudding will be absorbed by the cake.
  8. 8
    Serve with whipped cream on top.

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