Saltine Cracker Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 5 eggs, separated
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 20 unsalted saltine crackers
• 3/4 cup almonds, toasted chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 3/4 cup apricot jam
• 1 cup crumbled macaroons
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, for 1 cup whipped
• 1 dash salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat 5 egg yolks with sugar.
• 4 place crackers in a plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin until crushed to fine crumbs.
• 5 add to sugar mixture.
• 6 add almonds, almond extract and salt and combine well.
• 7 in another bowl, beat 5 egg whites until stiff and glossy.
• 8 fold into almond batter.
• 9 pour batter into prepared pan and bake until cake tests done; check at 30 to 35 minutes.
• 10 remove from oven.
• 11 when cake is cool, remove sides of springform pan.
• 12 spread top of cake with apricot jam and sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
• 13 whip cream and spread over top of cake.