Boterkoek Dutch Pastry Butter Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Butter a 8" springform pan.
• Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift flour and sugar in a bowl.
• Add butter, salt, and vanilla.
• Cut the butter into small pieces and knead lightly with a cool hand or utensil until it holds together.
• Don't work too much.
• It needs to stay cold.
• (This works well in the food processor- then I use frozen butter) Press mixture quickly into bottom of spring form pan.
• Brush the top with the egg.
• Place the pan just below the middle of the oven and bake about 30 minutes or until it's a golden brown.
• Cool in the pan, release the spring, and remove cake.
• Serve in thin slices- it is rich!

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together with hands until very well mixed.
• Press into bottom of springform pan and bake in preheated 400°F oven for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2. Combine flour, butter, sugar and salt to form course mixture. Note: if you can't find basterd sugar, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar with 1/4 cup fine white sugar. Work the almond paste evenly into the coarse pastry mixture.
• 3. Lightly grease cake pan or spring form. Press pastry mixture firmly into pan.
• 4. Add a little water and sugar to the egg yolk and brush the pastry.
• 5. Bake at 325 degrees until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool, then cut in small, pie shaped wedges. Serve room temperature.