Cinnamon Torte

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 6 cups whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 8 maraschino cherries, with stems
• 3/4 cup chocolate curls

Recipe

• 1 grease as many 9" layer cake pans as you have. or you can line with parchment paper.
• 2 preheat oven to 375.
• 3 with a mixer beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs one at a time while mixer is on. add flour and cinnamon a little at a time mixing well.
• 4 let rest 15 minutes.
• 5 divide dough into 15 portions and pat one portion at a time into cake pan. it will be very thin but this is what makes your layers.
• 6 bake for 8-12 min or until it starts to brown on the edges. dump out of the cake pan and do again until all layers are made.
• 7 at this point you can wrap and store these cookie layers until you are ready to use them. the torte is self do not take long to assemble.
• 8 whip the cream, vanilla and icing sugar together until stiff.
• 9 set about 1 1/2 cup aside for decorating the top of the torte.
• 10 place a small amount of whip cream on the bottom of the cake plate ( this is to anchor or cookie) and place your first cookie on it. spread with cream and continue doing this until all cookies and cream are gone.
• 11 put the remaining whipped cream into a piping bag and do 8 rosettes of whip cream on the top on the torte.
• 12 place a cherry on top of each rosette and sprinkler with chocolate curls.
• 13 refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.