Russian Tea Cake Recipe

• 6 tbsp Butter
• ½ cup White Sugar
• 1 Egg Yolk
• 1 tbsp Cream
• ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/3 cup Almonds (chopped)
• 1/3 cup Confectioners' Sugar (for decoration)

• Preheat oven to 350 °F (175 °C).
• Combine butter and sugar. Cream them well.
• Add egg yolk, cream and vanilla extract. Beat well.
• Add almonds, flour and baking powder. Mix well to form soft dough.
• Refrigerate the dough for about 1 hour.
• Divide the dough into small round balls.
• Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Cake the balls for 12 minutes.
• Remove the balls from the cookie sheet and dip each one into confectioners’ sugar. Roll them till they are completely covered.
• Cool on wire racks and serve.