Ingredients
Instructions
- For the base: Oven temperature, 325 deg. F.
- Soften butter (do not melt).
- Beat egg slightly and reserve a small amount for brushing the top of cake.
- Add remaining egg to butter.
- Add 2 tsp almond extract.
- Combine flour, sugar and salt; mix into butter mixture.
- Mix well and form into a ball.
- Reserve 1/3 for lattice work (topping); Chill slightly.
- Press out in greased and lightly floured 9" X 9" pan and push up the sides of the pan to create an edge.
- Spread out raspberry jam as the cake bottom layer.
- For the topping: Mix chopped apples, cinnamon, sugar and 1 tsp almond extract; heat slightly.
- Mix well and add to the raspberry covered cake base.
- Roll out remaining dough and cut into lattice strips.
- Place on top of mixture in a lattice pattern.
- Brush with reserved egg.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 - 40 minutes.
- Cool and dust with sifted icing sugar.