Mondlukaka – Icelandic Almond Cake Dessert
photo by Tisha D.
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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8 Cake Wedges
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 eggs (separated)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup almonds (blanched and finely ground)
- 1 cup flour (sifted)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup strawberry jam
- 1 cup heavy cream (whipped and sweetened to taste)
directions
- Set oven temp at 350°F.
- Cream butter and gradually add sugar. Beat in egg yolks (1 at a time), beating well after ea addition. Stir in vanilla and almonds.
- Sift together the flour & baking powder and gradually add to batter. Beat egg whites till stiff (but not dry); fold into batter.
- Bake in three 8-inch buttered & floured layer pans for about 30 minutes or till golden brown. Cool at least 5 minutes before removing from pans.
- Spread strawberry jam between cooled layers and cover top and sides with swirls of whipped cream. Serve immediately and watch as it disappears.
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Reviews
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This is a wonderful cake! I could not find my round cake pans, think DD "borrowed" them when she moved, so I used a bundt pan. When the cake was cooled I sliced the cake to make three sections. Used strawberry preserves and doubled the amount of whipped cream. So pretty and tastes so good! Thank you tsissis for posting this recipe!!
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I was definitely the most popular at work today. This is a fabulous cake recipe! The actual cake layers are very thin and oh-so-flavourful with the ground almonds. Because of the use of almonds, I preferred to use a homemade sour cherry preserve between my layers and made a bit more whipped cream (can you ever have enough?) - using 1 1/2 cups. This was GORGEOUS before and after cutting. My colleagues are at my beck and call and, twissis, this is a KEEPER!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
twissis
Iceland
I am an American transplanted from Dallas to Iceland by marriage to a native Icelander & I retired to become his "Kitchen Queen". We love to entertain our family & friends, so I have an eclectic collection of recipes. I especially love simple, easy-fix, flexible & make-ahead recipes - BUT also like challenging myself on occasion. I enjoy baking & food photography. I am devoted to the "More is Always Better Principle" & apply it liberally to bacon, butter & garlic. I can have ingredient issues due to availability here in Iceland & my DH is medically diet-restricted from some ingredients as well. Either situation might require me to modify a recipe, but I will do my best to be true to your recipes & fair/honest in my reviews. Mary Pat (aka twissis)