Nut Triangles [German Cake]

This is the recipe of a very delicious crunchy jammy cake, taught to me by a German friend. The instructions are detailed and will possibly sound silly to you, because it was for someone who's never cooked or baked before and is perfectly capable of getting himself electrocuted and/or burn down his entire neighborhood trying to bake cake. But it's actually quite simple. :) :)
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Nut Triangles [German Cake]

Choose a square baking tray for this, if you have. Apply thin layer of butter in baking tray and sprinkle some maida and spread lightly. This is to prevent cake from sticking onto tray. To be done for all cakes.

• 100 gms Sugar
• 300 gms Wheat Flour (Maida)
• 130 gms Butter
• 1 Tea spoon Baking Powder
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Tea Spoon of Vanilla Essence

Mix everything in a bowl. Start with eggs and sugar - beat nicely and melt sugar. Then vanilla essence. Then butter. You can melt butter and add if it is too hard. Then maida and baking powder. Beat well until all blends. Spread on a baking tray (preferably square).

Tip: Baking powder should spread well so that it doesn't stay in just some parts of cake. To do this most clever people add it to the maida, and then pass the maida through a sieve directly into the bowl. You can just sprinkle it evenly too and mix well.

Spread around 7 tea spoons of Apricot jam (if not available you can also use any other jam) on top of it.

Now mix of all the items below and and spread it on top of the jam layer.

• 200 gms Melted Butter
• 150 gms Sugar
• 200 gms Hazelnuts in small pieces (or Walnuts) [put in mixie, do a quick turn - or just crush them to small pieces - don't make it completely powdery, this layer should be crunchy]
• 200 gms Almonds in small pieces [same here]

Pre-heat oven for 10 mins at around 150 degrees. You must never put cake in cold oven and then bake. Pre-heat, switch off just before keeping cake. Keep cake tray inside on the rack, and then switch on again.

Bake it for 30 minutes at 180 degrees. Nice smell will start coming! To see if it is baked poke a fork into it - if cake still sticks to it, then bake for more time - say another 10 mins. Usually it takes more than 30 mins. But keep a watch - it should not become too dry. After you take it out leave it open to cool - then it will harden some more.

You can cut this cake into squares and then triangles.
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Guten Appetit!