Ring Cake (kransekake)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g almonds
• 500 g powdered sugar (icing sugar)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 egg whites

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f or 180 c.
• 2 grind the almonds into fine powder. i used an old fashioned nut grinder. you can use the regular grinder.
• 3 add in the sugar and baking powder to the almonds and mix.
• 4 now keep on adding the egg whites one by one and kneading the almond mixture with the whites with gentle hands until a dough is formed.
• 5 once the dough is formed time to shape the rings. roll out the dough into sausage shape. thickness should be about 1/4 inch.
• 6 fill in the kransekake pans to form the rings. there will be a total of 18 rings.
• 7 bake for 10 minutes in the oven and pull out and completely cool before take out of the molds.
• 8 while the rings are cooling off you can prepare the icing.
• 9 instructions for the icing: lightly beat 1 large egg in a bowl. now keep on adding icing sugar to the egg little by little (1 tablespoon at a time) until you attain the desired consistency (it should be at a pouring consistency but not runny).
• 10 once the rings are completely cooled and the icing is ready its time to form the tower.
• 11 starting from the larger ring to the smallest build up a tower.
• 12 place the largest ring on the plate and with the icing create a zigzag pattern on the ring and when the icing is still wet place the next size ring over it. the icing acts like a glue holding the rings together.
• 13 continue until you reach to the smallest ring.
• 14 decorate as desired with ribbons, toothpick flags with personal messages and flowers.