100g butter 1 egg yolk 1
75g sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder
Ingredients for cream: 2 egg
35g flour 575ml milk 75g sugar
battens almonds to decorate
Preparation
To prepare the dough mixing the flour with baking powder, add in the center, the eggs and egg yolk, sugar and softened butter. Mix together with fingertips to form a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest in refrigerator for half an hour. Meanwhile prepare
cream: to work the sugar with the egg yolks and flour. Bring the milk to a boil and pour slowly, until mixture is smooth and creamy.
Put the cream on the stove, over low heat, and cook until the cream is thick.
Roll out the dough into two disks. Place the first disc on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, cover it with cream (about 3 cm to allow free on board), cover with the second disc and close the edges turned up. Brush the surface of the cake with the beaten egg yolk and spread the almonds on the surface.
Bake at 180 degrees for thirty minutes.
When the cake is cool, sprinkle the surface with icing sugar.