Thousand Layered Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 tablespoons red dates, chopped

Recipe

• 1 place flour in a large bowl.
• 2 dissolve yeast in warm water (about 95 to 98 degrees f).
• 3 add flour and knead about 5 minutes until mixed well. cover with wet cloth and let rise until double in bulk.
• 4 remove the dough to a pastry board. then roll until very thin, about 2 1/2 feet long and 1 foot wide.
• 5 spread some lard and sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar and some red dates on the dough.
• 6 fold the right 1/3 portion to cover the middle portion and spread lard and sugar on top evenly.
• 7 fold the left portion to the center to cover the right portion.
• 8 turn the dough around, so that a folded edge faces you. repeat the rolling procedure.
• 9 spread lard and sugar. repeat the folding step twice. finally fold the dough into 1 foot long and 8 inches wide.
• 10 let the cake rest for 30 minutes. then place on a wet cloth on a steamer rack. put rack in place over boiling water. steam about 50-60 minutes.
• 11 remove and let cool a little. cut into small squares or diamonds. serve.