Marzipan Cake With Raspberry Sauce Recipe

This delicious cake combines the distinctive flavors of cherry liquer and marzipan.

• Meal Type: Cake
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package frozen raspberries
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 8 ounces almond paste
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon Kirsch (cherry liqueur)
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease one 8-inch round pan with butter and sprinkle with flour.
2. Combine sugar, butter and almond paste in a medium bowl; blend well. Add eggs, liqueur, flavoring. Add flour and baking powder, and blend just to thoroughly mix ingredients.
3. Bake 40 to 50 minutes until a wooden pick comes out clean. Cool, then turn out onto a plate. Sift confectioners' sugar over the top.
4. Raspberry Sauce
5. Rub raspberries through a sieve until all juice is extracted. Put 2 or more teaspoons of juice on a dessert plate; serve cake on top of juice.