Grandmas Swedish Spice Cake Recipes

GREAT-GRANDMA ELLEN'S JORDGUBBSTåRTA (SWEDISH STRAWBERRY CAKE) RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Turn the oven to 350F. Butter and flour a 9" spring foam pan. In a bowl melt butter, then add milk and let it sit. Then in another bowl add eggs and butter and mix those together. Then add the butter milk mixture and then the vanilla. Lastly add the flour and baking powder. Pour the batter into the pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Let it cool before you cut into it. Cut the sugar cake in half so you have a top and bottom. In a large bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks are just about to form. Beat in vanilla and sugar until peaks form. Make sure not to over-beat, cream will then become lumpy and butter-like. Place half the whipped topping and 3/4ths of the strawberries over the bottom layer of the cut cake. Then add the top of the cake and cover with the remaining whipped cream and strawberries.

SWEDISH SPICE CAKE (MJUK PEPPARKAKA)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour a 8x4x3 inch loaf pan or an 8 cup round baking pan.
• Sieve flour with baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and cardamom.
• Set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add the eggs, one by one, keep whipping.
• Add buttermilk and jam, mix.
• Add flour mixture and mix gently.
• Pour the batter in the prepared pan.
• Bake on lowest rack in the oven for about 50-60 minutes.
• Test with a skewer that the cake is done.

GRANDMA'S CIDER'N SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and shorttening in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Beat in molasses and honey.
• Combine dry ingredients and add 1/2 to the creamed mixture; beat until moistened.
• With mixer running at low speed, blend in hot cider.
• Add remaining dry ingredients, mixing well.
• Add egg and vanilla; beat for one minute on medium speed.
• Spread batter in a greased 8 inch square baking pan.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 25 to 30 minutes or until a pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Prepare glaze by stirring apple jelly and apple cider together in a small pan.
• Cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until jelly is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Spoon hot glaze over the cake and sprinkle with walnuts.
• Cool.
• Top with whipped cream or a mixture of 8 oz whipped cream and 1/2 cup sour cream and sprinkled with a little bit of cinnamon or ginger.

GRANDMA GREENWOOD'S PLAIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and butter and flour a loaf pan, 9 1/4 by 5 1/4 by 2 3/4 inches, knocking out excess flour.
• Into a bowl sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream shortening with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating batter after each addition until just combined. Stir in raisins.
• Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven 50 to 60 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a rack 10 minutes and turn out onto rack to cool completely.

GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, raisins, water and butter. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool., In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add raisin mixture; beat until blended. Fold in pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° until cake springs back when lightly touched, 45-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., For sauce, in a large saucepan, bring cream to a boil; stir in butter and sugar until smooth. Reduce heat; stir a small amount of hot liquid into egg yolks. Return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Cook until sauce is slightly thickened and coats the back of a spoon (do not boil). Remove from the heat; stir in brandy. Serve warm with cake.