it's been a really Scandi day today....just got back from Ikea...having bought some frames(for xmas pressies to go inside!), Swedish chocolate(yum),and a few little gifts for the girls...so cute!Ikea is SUCH a great place for stocking fillers AND breakfast...hot plate of bacon,beans,hash brown and scrambled egg...1 British pound(no wonder the line-up was ridiculously long)! BRILLIANT!...a definite must...because it's hard to shop on an empty stomach.
So...this is the Danish Cake which I made for Melody's evening out the other day...
VERY simple...and absolutely deeeeeeelish...
Try it and tell me what you think. I think it's the perfect coffee cake for an afternoon with friends.
Here's the recipe...I got it out of one of my Mum's collections of recipes(she loves to collect...so funny,I could sit for hours going through her cupboards and drawers and never get board!).
DANISH APPLE & PRUNE CAKE
For the Batter:
140g butter
200g caster sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
85g self-raising flour
115g ground almonds
125ml milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp boiling water
1/2 tsp baking powder
Other ingredients:
8 stoned prunes,chopped
115g shelled walnuts(I used hazelnuts)
2 tbsp sugar
2 green apples cored and sliced
3 tbsp sugar
ground cinnamon
butter
Cream together all the ingredients for the batter in a food processor, running it for 10 seconds. Run a spatula round the bowl and process for another 5 seconds. pour into a well buttered 10inch/25cm round cake tin.
Place the prunes on the batter. Spoon over the walnut and sugar mixture. Arrange the apple slices on top of the nuts.
Bake in a preheated oven at 190 degrees C/375 degrees F for 45 mins.
Sprinkle the surface with sugar and some cinnamon. Dot with butter and bake for another 20-25 mins until a skewer runs clean(I think I kept mine in for 10 minutes too long...waiting for the skewer to run clean...but I think the cake needs to be slightly gooey, I suppose it's a personal choice though)...cool in the tin, and ENJOY!
Hope you like it...you really don't even notice that there are prunes in it...I loved it.
Until tomorrow.
Char,On
7 comments:
what's caster sugar? but it sounds very delish.
and the breakfast sounds divine.
i'm always sad that we do not have an ikea here. the nearest one is 200 miles away.
Sorry...just fine sugar...caster is inbetween granulated and powder(icing)...
WOW...200 miles away is far!
Char
Looks yummy! I would like this for xmas morning breakfast w/ some coffee, hehe :)
One British pound 'wow' that is a bargain - it's a shame we live so far away from an Ikea down here!!
The recipe looks divine - another one for my book.
Have a lovely evening - it was snowing earlier!!
Nina x
IKEA is a family favorite. Everytime I'm in Southern California it is on my to-do list!!!
Looks yummy!!!
Oh, that sounds delicious! I'll definitely be trying that... Isn't Ikea great? We have one in Atlanta (about three hours drive from us), so when we visit Atlanta, we always stop at Ikea. Glad you are having a wonderful time with your family!! Hugs, Silke
Oh didnt now you were danish!! Guess its good with a danish comment on your scandi day :-)
Remember to make gløgg!!
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