Hi everyone!


Thank you to everyone who entered my contest on Facebook!  The winner was Patty Thomas. She'll receive a copy of my new book, A Plain & Simple Christmas, which will debut in just a couple of weeks.

As a thank you to everyone who entered the contest, I’d like to post the recipe one more time. Enjoy!

Raspberry Dream Torte

1-10 oz. pkg. frozen raspberry
1 ¼ cup vanilla water crumbs
¼ cup melted butter
½ cup butter
1 ½ cups 10x sugar
¼ t. vanilla
¼ t. almond extract
¼ cup sugar
2 T. cornstarch
whipped cream for garnish
2 eggs
 
Defrost raspberries.  Combine vanilla wafer crumbs and ¼ cup melted butter.  Press into bottom of 7-½ inch spring form pan.  Cream ½ cup butter and 10x sugar.  Add eggs, beating well after each.  Blend in extracts.  Spread over crumb layer.  Chill until firm.  Combine sugar, cornstarch and raspberry.  Cook, stirring constantly until clear and thick.  Pour raspberry filling over torte.  Refrigerate several hours.  Garnish with whipped cream.