Traditional Italian Torta della Nonna (Grandma's Cake)

Make your day sweetly amazing with this crumbly and soft pastry  filled with rich and delicate custard cream, and topped with tasty pine nuts I know I know, I've posted this recipe before. But it was back in the spring of 2016. Given that the holidays are approaching quickly, and we are all in a baking-frenzy mode (...I'm sure it's not just me!!) I thought: why not share this again?!  I