Vanilla Torte
- 1\4 cup butter
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 1\2 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Filling:
- 1\2lb.unsalted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 12 oz strawberry or apricot jam
- Juice of 2 oranges
- Juice of 1 lemon
Sift the flour. Add small pieces of chilled butter. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar and add to the flour. Add milk and vanilla. Knead lightly and form 4 balls of dough (for 4 layers). Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight. Roll out the dough less than 1\2 inch thick. Cut the dough into 9 circles, on to a cookie sheet. Pick with a fork a few times. Repeat with the rest of dough. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven until golden, but not brown, about 10 minutes. Allow to cool.
Mix butter with sugar. Add yolks and beat them for about 5 minutes. Sprinkle 1 baked layer lightly with juices. Spread jam over the top of the layer. Spread about 1\4 inch of butter cream filling on top of jam. Add second layer. Repeat process until all four layers are in place. Cover sides with butter cream.