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Bavarian town clock tower
Photo: Sorin Gheorghita

Bavarian town clock tower

21 ingredients 2 hr + 1 hr Makes 1 biscuit tower openrecipes

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.

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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

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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