Photo: Sorin Gheorghita
Bavarian town clock tower
21 ingredients
2 hr + 1 hr
Makes 1 biscuit tower
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This intricate biscuit tower is made up of four flavoured shortbreads – vanilla, lemon and lavender, orange and cardamom and chocolate – built up in layers, decorated with buttercream and with an iced clock tower at the top.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1059
Calories
21g
Protein
22g
Fat
190g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cardamom | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 6 |
| Lavender | not in our table | 0 |
| Flower | not in our table | 0 |
| Hazelnut | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1kg/2lb 4oz salted butter
- 400g/14oz golden caster sugar
- 960g/2lb 2oz plain flour
- 320g/11½oz rice flour
- 180g/6oz cornflour
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large orange
- ½-1 tsp ground cardamom
- 2 lemons
- 1½ tsp lavender essence
- 40g/1½oz cocoa powder
- 1 packet green flower paste (available from specialist baking
- 200g/7oz roasted chopped hazelnuts
- beads chocolate
- edible glitter
- 150g/5½oz softened unsalted butter
- 300g/10½oz icing sugar
- drop vanilla extract
- brown food colouring
- 115g/4oz icing sugar
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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