Royal Mazurka (mazurek Krolewski)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 eggs
• 2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 lb almonds, blanched, peeled, and ground (about 1 cup)
• 3/4 lb butter, melted
• 1 cup apricot jam
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 tablespoon warm water
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice, fresh

Recipe

• 1 mazurkas:.
• 2 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 3 beat eggs with sugar for 10 minutes, until light and fluffy. mix water with lemon juice, and add to the eggs in a thin stream while beating. beat 5 more minutes. add flour, almonds, and butter alternately. mix lightly to incorporate.
• 4 divide batter between two 9 x 13 baking pans lined with buttered parchment paper.
• 5 bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.
• 6 cool slightly, then turn them out onto a rack to completely cool.
• 7 meanwhile make icing (directions below).
• 8 spread one cake with jam, cover it with the other cake and spread the icing over the top.
• 9 icing:.
• 10 stir warm water, lemon juice and confectioner's sugar together until the sugar completely dissolves and the icing is smooth. it should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. add more water if necessary. if you get it too thin, add more sugar.