Spice cake

Name: Spice cake (Pehmeä maustekakku)
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 225 g/8 oz butter, plus extra for greasing; 4 eggs; 225 g/8 oz/generous 1 cup caster (superfine) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cardamom; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon; 5 ml/1 tsp ground ginger; 15 ml/1 tbsp grated orange rind; 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups sour cream; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

Pehmeä maustekakku

Preparation info

Makes
1
cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Finland

By Anja Hill

Published 2007

About

Finnish home-baking tends to be quite simple and does not often include fancy ingredients. The addition of various spices, however, elevates the cakes and bakes, producing delicious and aromatic results.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz butter, plus extra for greasing
4 eggs

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Finland
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Dessert
Vegetarian
Nordic

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Grease a 23cm/9in loose-bottomed cake tin (pan) or a standard-size kugelhopf mould with butter. Melt the remaining butter.
Put the eggs, sugar and butter in a bowl and whisk together until light and fluffy. Add th