ʻO ka pata, nā ʻalemona, ke kō, ka palaoa a me nā mea ʻala maikaʻi i hoʻohana ʻia no ka palaoa, ʻo ka ʻili lemon wale nō ka mea lawe ʻono o ka Linzer Torte no ka manawa lōʻihi. Hana ʻia ka bakena me ka ʻole o nā mea hū, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea e hoʻomohala ai i ke kalapona ʻokikene a ma laila e wehe ai i ka palaoa.
ʻOkoʻa nā ʻano ʻai kahiko mai nā ʻōpio ʻoiai ʻo ka palaoa i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia i ka pata a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kekahi tile pata i loko o ka palaoa 5 mau manawa, he ʻano hoʻomākaukau i ʻoi aku ka like me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kahi pāpaʻi puff ma mua o kahi pākī pōkole. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka keke e like me ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "Schuessel-Dorten". ʻO ia hoʻi, hoʻokomo ʻia ka palaoa i loko o kahi kīʻaha, hoʻopiha ʻia me nā hua, kau i ka lattice palaoa ma luna a kālua ʻaʻole wela loa. ʻO ka quince ka hoʻopiha piha ʻana no nā keke Linz kahiko loa.
ʻO ka quince kekahi o nā ʻano hua kahiko loa ma ka honua a ua aie kona inoa i ke kūlanakauhale Helene ʻo Chania, aia ma ke komohana ʻākau o ka mokupuni ʻo Crete. ʻO ka quince ka hua laʻa o Aphrodite a kū no ka momona a me ke ola lōʻihi. I ka wā o ka noho ʻana ma Kerete, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua lawe ka poʻe Roma i nā quince me lākou i ke aupuni Roma.
Ma nā kikokikona kahiko, ʻike nui ʻia ka Linzer Torte i hana ʻia mai ka palaoa māmā, ma hope wale nō i kaulana ai ka palaoa Linzer ʻeleʻele. ʻOkoʻa i ka ʻano māmā, loaʻa kēia i nā ʻalemona unpeeled a me nā mea ʻala ʻē aʻe e like me ke kinamona, cloves a i ʻole nutmeg. Ua ʻike ʻia ka nutmeg i loko o nā meaʻai no Linzer Torte i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 1740, akā ma hope o ka manawa ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi noho hope no ke kinamona, cloves a me nā mea ʻala hou.