Swedish Spice Cake (Mjuk Pepparkaka) |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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The smell of all the spices brings back childhood memories. In Sweden there are lots of recipes for this cake. I have translated this one from Swedish and then baked it using the English measurements to be sure everything was OK. A piece of this cake with a cup of tea.......heavenly! Ingredients:
1/4 lb butter |
1 cup sugar |
2 eggs |
1/2 cup buttermilk |
1/4 cup cranberry jam |
1 1/4 cups flour |
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon |
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves |
1 teaspoon ground ginger |
2 teaspoons ground cardamom |
2 teaspoons baking powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda (i use baking powder) |
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Grease and flour a 8x4x3 inch loaf pan or an 8 cup round baking pan.
3. Sieve flour with baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and cardamom.
4. Set aside.
5. Cream butter and sugar.
6. Add the eggs, one by one, keep whipping.
7. Add buttermilk and jam, mix.
8. Add flour mixture and mix gently.
9. Pour the batter in the prepared pan.
10. Bake on lowest rack in the oven for about 50-60 minutes.
11. Test with a skewer that the cake is done.
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