Runebergin Tortut

Description
Runeberg's muffins
 * For four - five persons

Ingredients

 * 200 g margarine or butter
 * 2 dl sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 2 dl wheat flour
 * 1 tsp baking powder
 * 1 tsp ground cardamom
 * 2 dl sweet bread crumbs (e.g. crumbled biscuits)
 * 2 dl ground almonds (approx. 80 g)
 * 1 dl single cream
 * solid raspberry jam

To moisten

 * 2 dl water
 * 1 dl sugar
 * 2 – 3 tbsp arrack liqueur or rum

Topping

 * solid raspberry jam or marmalade

Icing

 * 1 dl icing sugar
 * 2 tsp water or lemon juice

Directions

 * 1) Preheat the oven to 200°C.
 * 2) Grind the almonds and combine them with the bread crumbs.
 * 3) cream the butter or margarine and sugar together.
 * 4) Add one egg at a time, beating the mixture well after each egg.
 * 5) Combine the flour and baking powder and stir into the mixture.
 * 6) Add the cardamom, bread crumbs and almonds and finally the cream.
 * 7) Mix lightly but do not unnecessarily stir the mixture.
 * 8) Grease a muffin mould and put a equal amount of the mixture into the hollows.
 * 9) Leave room for the mixture to raise in the hollows.
 * 10) Using a floured fingertip, press a hole in the middle of each muffin.
 * 11) Place about half a teaspoonful of jam or marmelade on each muffin.
 * 12) Bake in the middle of the oven for about 15 minutes.
 * 13) Boil the water and melt the sugar in it.
 * 14) Flavour with the alcohol.
 * 15) Moisten the baked muffins with the liquid.
 * 16) When the muffins are still hot, add another half a teaspoonful of jam in the middle.
 * 17) Let the muffins cool.
 * 18) Combine the icing sugar and water or lemon juice in a small bowl.
 * 19) Pour the liquid icing around the jam.