Italian Grandma’s Cake – Torta della Nonna by Cooking with Manuela (VIDEO)

Make your day sweetly amazing with this crumbly and soft pastry filled with rich and delicate custard cream, and topped with tasty pine nuts.
Read more about this recipe here: http://cookingwithmanuela.blogspot.com/2016/03/italian-torta-della-nonna-grandmas-cake.html

Ingredients: to make an 11 inches (28 cm) tart
For the dough (pasta frolla):
3 cups (450 gr) of all-purpose flour
3/4 cup (150 gr) of sugar
zest of one lemon, grated
one pinch of salt
6 oz (170 gr) of unsalted butter
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
For the custard pastry cream (crema pasticcera):
4 cups (1 liter) of milk
half lemon (peel, in one piece)
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup (75 gr) of all-purpose flour
1 cup (200 gr) of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
For the top:
4 oz (115 gr) of pine nuts
2 tablespoons of milk
powdered sugar to decorate (optional)