Apricot Torte

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 150 g all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temp
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch salt
• 10 -15 halved apricots, face up with
• 5 -7 1/2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon in each.
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees, and butter a 9inch spring form pan.
• 2 prepare crust by mixing the ingredients together.
• 3 bake crust for 15 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile, half the apricots and fill each half with 1/2 teaspoon.
• 5 place apricots face up on top of the hot crust right out of the oven.
• 6 return torte to oven, and bake until sugar inside apricots is melted.
• 7 meanwhile, begin preparing the cream.
• 8 separate eggs.
• 9 beat the whites with the sugar and beat until stiff, fold in the egg yolks.
• 10 fold in flour.
• 11 pour the mixture over the cake, place back into the oven for 15- 20 more minutes, until slightly browned.