Imperial Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb wheat flour
• 1/2 lb butter
• 8 eggs
• 1 small glass cognac
• cinnamon
• sugar
• plum preserve (dulce de ciruelas)

Instructions

1. Beat flour with butter; separately beat yolks and whites to meringue point and combine.
2. Add to the dough with cognac, cinnamon and sugar, beating well.
3. Spread plum preserve in a fireproof dish and pour the dough over it.
4. Bake quickly in a hot oven; serve in the same dish.