Pie Cake

Pie Cake

 

Ingredients for base

• Butter 4 ounces
• Caster sugar 2 ounces
• Flour 8 ounces
• Egg 1 beaten
• Pinch of salt
• Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Ingredients for filling

• Eggs 4
• Sugar 8 ounce
• Flour 8 ounce
• Butter 8 ounce
• Jam 2 tbsp
• Yogurt 2 tbsp
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Vanilla essence ½ tsp
• Currents 2 tbsp
• Raisins 2 tbsp
• Almonds chopped 2 tbsp
• Glazed cherries red chopped 2 tbsp
• Orange peel 2 tbsp

Method for base

• Beat butter, sugar, salt and essence together until fluffy, beat in the egg, fold in the flour, mix lightly to form into a dough, chill for 10 minutes, prepare filling by beating together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, add essence, beat in the eggs 1 at a time, sieve flour and baking powder, fold in dry fruits and fold this into butter and egg mixture, also add in curd, roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and spread on a 10 inch round pie plate, spread jam lightly on the base, spread with filling, bake in the oven for 45 minutes on 180 degrees.