Kransekake

Directions

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   17 1/2 oz Ground bitter almonds 17 1/2 oz Icing sugar 3 tb Potato flour 3 Egg whites -----------------------------------ICING

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   Bitter almonds are poisonous if eaten raw but baking destroys the toxins and produces a more concentrated flavour

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   If bitter almonds are unavailable, then ordinary almonds will suffice

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   The Story: Roal Dahl: (.) Like "krokaan" and "riskrem", "kransekake" (pronounced 'kranserkaker') is a totally Norwegian food, which every

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   Happily, it is a good deal more subtle than either of those bland old British stand-bys

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   It is, in fact, a magnificent many-tiered cake made of ring upon ring of wonderful macaroon-like biscuit, and no self-respecting Norwegian h

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   At Easter they do it all over again, except that the kransekake is turned upside-down to make a basket, and one of the larger rings is broke

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   Over there they love their kransekake so much that it has become a sort of national symbol, which they bedeck with Norwegian flags on these