Vineterta

Name: Vineterta
Ingredients: 20 -24 ounces prunes (pitted); 1 cup sugar; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup butter; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 2 tablespoons light cream; 4 cups flour; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 cup ground almonds (optional); 1 teaspoon cardamom (optional); 3 tablespoons butter (softened); 3/4 cup powdered sugar icing; 2 teaspoons light cream; 1/4 cup ground almonds (optional); 1/4 cup sliced almonds (optional); 1/8 teaspoon almond extract

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Ingredients

20 -24 ounces prunes (pitted)
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons light cream
4 cups flour
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup ground almonds (optional)
1 teaspoon cardamom (optional)
3 tablespoons butter (softened)
3/4 cup powdered sugar icing
2 teaspoons light cream
1/4 cup ground almonds (optional)
1/4 cup sliced almonds (optional)
1/8 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

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["First, prepare the prune filling (this can be done way ahead of time):", "Cover 20-24 ounces of pitted prunes with boiling water in a saucepan.", "Once the prunes are softened, drain the water and put it aside for later.", "Puree prunes in a food processor and put them back into the saucepan.", "Add half cup of the reserved prune water to the puree and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Mix in 1 cup sugar and 2 tspn cinnamon.", "Boil off excess water until the mixture has the texture of jam (we will be spreading it). If the mixture is too thick, add in more reserved prune water.", "Remove from heat.", "Mix in 1 tspn vanilla extract.", "Set aside to cool.", "Next we do the second major section, preparing the layers:", "Mix the following wet ingredients together in a mixer: 1 cup butter, 1.5 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tspn almond extract, 2 tbsp light cream.", "Mix dry ingredients in another mixing bowl: 4 cups flour, 1 pinch of salt, 1 tspn baking powder, 1/2 cup ground almonds (optional), 1 tspn cardamom (optional).", "Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well in the mixer.", "Remove the doughy mixture from the mixer and knead it around 10 times on countertop until it binds together. You will barely need to knead this, as it is not leavened.", "Chill dough for 20 minutes in refrigerator.", "Spread the dough into six 9\" ungreased circular pans with palms until spread evenly across the bottom. If you don not have 6 pans