Mantua Cake
Origin: Prato, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- g flour
- g sugar
- g butter
- g sweet almonds and pine nuts
- whole eggs
- egg yolks
- lemon zest
Instructions
- Work the eggs with the sugar, add the flour gradually, then the melted butter.
- Pour into a prepared tray and top with halved pine nuts and slivered almonds.
- Bake thin at moderate heat, dust with icing sugar, and serve cold.