Linzer Cake Heart

Ingredients

• 200 g Flour
• 200 g butter
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 100 g ground hazelnuts
• 1 egg
• 0.25 tsp ground cloves
• 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1 round cake sheet
• 500 g currant jam
• 1 egg yolk
• powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Knead flour with butter and combine all remaining ingredients into a smooth shortcrust dough. Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for one hour.

2. 2.

   Trim the cake sheet to fit the pan shape.

3. 3.

   Press 2/3 of the dough into the pan, place the cake sheet on top, and generously spread currant jam up to 1 cm from the edge.

4. 4.

   Roll the remaining dough into a ~1 cm thick log, lay it around the rim of the cake, pressing down. Roll out the leftover dough, cut small hearts, and arrange them on the cake.

5. 5.

   Whisk egg yolk with a splash of water, brush the dough with this mixture. Place in the preheated oven at 175°C and bake for 50 minutes.

6. 6.

   Once cooled, dust the crust and heart shapes with powdered sugar.