Neapolitan Sweet

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Prepare split and slivered almonds; whip eggs and sugar warm, fold in the flour, and bake a tall smooth cake.
  2. Slice the cooled cake into centimeter rounds and make a pastry cream.
  3. Spread cream between the slices and reassemble the cake.
  4. Boil a sugar glaze, work it white with lemon, stir in slivered almonds, coat the cake, and decorate with upright almonds.

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