Mother Monsen'S Cake(Mor Monden'S Kake) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. chopped, blanched almonds
1/4 c. currants

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Butter a 12 x 8-inch jelly roll pan. Cream butter and sugar; when light and fluffy, beat in eggs, one at a time.
Beat in flour and vanilla well.
Spread batter evenly in the pan; sprinkle almonds and currants on top of batter (not in the batter).
Bake 20 to 25 minutes until surface is light gold. Cool in the pan.
With a sharp knife, cut into 2-inch squares or diamonds.
Can be frozen or kept up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.