Finnish Cakes Recipes

FINNISH CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the butter, 1/4 cup of the sugar and almond extract. Stir in the flour. Chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
• Place the dough between 2 large sheets of plastic wrap. Use a rolling pin to roll into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle. Use a sharp knife to cut the dough into strips 2 1/2 inches long and 3/4 inch wide.
• Combine the remaining tablespoon of sugar with the almonds. Use a pastry brush to coat the top of the cookies with egg white. Sprinkle with the almond and sugar mixture. Carefully transfer cookies to an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake to a delicate brown, 17 to 20 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to a rack to cool. Cookies can be frozen in an airtight container, with wax paper between each layer for up to 6 months. Defrost 30 minutes before serving.

FINNISH OVEN PANCAKES

Steps:

• Place an 11x13-inch baking pan into the oven. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) with the pan in place.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl with a wire whisk; add milk, lemon zest, white sugar, and salt and beat together. Add flour and beat until mixture is very smooth. Mix in lemon juice until incorporated.
• Place the butter into the preheated pan and allow it to melt until it is bubbling. Spread the butter over the entire bottom of the pan by rocking it back and fourth. Pour the batter in the buttered pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top of the pancake is lightly browned and puffed, 20 to 30 minutes. Mix coarse sugar and cardamom together and sprinkle over the top. Cut and serve.

FINNISH STRAWBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour a 9-Inch springform pan with unflavored breadcrumbs or regular flour. Combine eggs and sugar and beat with an electric mixer until the mixture turns white and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract. Mix both flours and baking powder in a separate bowl. Carefully fold the flour mixture through a sieve into the egg/sugar batter and mix only until smooth. Pour the cake batter into the baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes until the cake starts pulling off the sides of the cake pan and the top is brown.
• Let the cake cool down and use a serrated knife to cut into 2 or 3 layers (depending on size). Mix milk/apple juice with vanilla extract. Moisten the cake layers with the mixture, but avoid soaking them.
• Whip half of the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla sugar together for until it forms soft peaks for the whipped cream. Cut half of the strawberries in slices. Add a little whipped cream on the bottom layer of the cake and top it with a layer of sliced strawberries. Add the middle layer of the cake and top it with whip cream and strawberries as before. Place the remaining layer on top and wrap the cake in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for couple of hours.
• Whip the remaining the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla sugar together. Spread the whipped cream over the top and sides of the cake. Place whole strawberries on top to finish.

FINNISH TIIKERIKKAKKU, TIGER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Beat butter and sugar together until creamy.
• Sift together flour and baking powder.
• Alternatively, add eggs and flour to the batter until all are combined.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Place 1/3 of cake batter into separate mixing bowl; stir in cocoa and juice of 1/2 orange.
• In original bowl, stir in all of orange zest and juice of remaining 1/2 orange.
• Spread 1/3 of orange batter evenly in bottom of bundt pan.
• Gently dribble half of chocolate batter on top with a spoon or frosting bag.
• Repeat layers, ending with orange batter on top.
• Bake on center rack of oven for 1 hour or until cake tests done.

KERMAKAKKU (FINNISH SOUR CREAM CAKE)

Steps:

• Cream the eggs, sugar, sour cream, almond, and ground cardamom.
• Sift together the flour, salt, soda, cinnamon and mix with egg mixture.
• Butter a tube or Bundt pan and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Bake at 350° for 1hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool before removing from pan.
• Sprinkle turned out cake with powdered sugar.