Norwegian Christmas Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    6 large eggs
    1 c. flour
    1 Tbsp. cornstarch
    1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
    2 to 4 Tbsp. instant coffee
    1 (6 oz.) can frozen orange juice, thawed
    2 c. heavy or whipped cream
    1 tsp. vanilla extract
    2 medium size bananas
    1 (7 oz.) pkg. marzipan almond paste
    1/2 c. raspberries
Preparation
    Grease bottom of 10-inch spring-form pan.
    Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
    In large bowl with mixer at high speed, beat eggs and 1 cup sugar until light and foamy (5 to 7 minutes).
    Stir in 1 tablespoon water.
    Add flour, cornstarch and baking powder.
    Stir until blended.
    Pour in pan; bake 35 to 45 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
    Cool cake in pan on wire rack 5 minutes.
    Remove cake from pan.
    While cake is warm, cut cake horizontally into 2 layers. Place layers, cut side up on rack.
    In cup, stir instant coffee plus 1/4 cup warm water until coffee dissolves.
    Drizzle coffee mixture over 1 cake layer; drizzle orange juice concentrate over the other cake layer. Cool completely.

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