Vínarterta: Vínarterta, layered Icelandic cake with prune jam filling
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Vínarterta

An Icelandic layered cake of almond- or cardamom-flavoured biscuit or shortbread with dried prunes or plum jam, sometimes spiced with cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, and cardamom. It is also popular among descendants of Icelandic migrants to North America.

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Most vínarterta are multi-layered cakes made from alternating layers of almond and/or cardamom-flavoured biscuit or shortbread and dried prunes or sometimes plum jam, the filling sometimes including spices such as cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, and cardamom.

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