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Recipe: Swedish soft gingerbread cake (mjuk pepparkaka)

November 28, 2015 by Kalle 3 Comments

soft gingerbread cake with orange cream cheese frosting This Swedish version of a soft gingerbread cake is really moist thanks to the lingonberry jam. It is kind of surprising that I have never baked one before because this was really moist and yummy! Perfect for December to give that Christmas feeling with the smell and taste of gingerbread. It is quite easy to bake and it probably last a long time before it goes dry (but I don’t know since we could not stop eating it) The frosting is really amazing and the orange is a good flavor combination with the gingerbread spices. But if you don’t like frosting, an alternative could be a simple caramel sauce:

  • 200 ml cream
  • 100 ml sugar
  • 100 ml golden syrup

Mix it all in a pan and boil it for 15 min until it has thickened. Drizzle over the cake once it has cooled a bit but is still warm and runny.

Here you can find this recipe in swedish.

soft gingerbread cake with orange cream cheese frosting

Recipe: Swedish soft gingerbread cake (mjuk pepparkaka)

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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Swedish
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 3 eggs
  • 280 g sugar 300 ml
  • 200 ml cream
  • 50 g butter melted
  • 100 ml lingonberry jam
  • 180 g flour 300 ml
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp cardamom freshly ground
  • 1 tsp cloves freshly ground

Frosting

  • 50 g butter softened
  • 150 g powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 1 orange use the zest of half and some of the orange juice
  • 200 g cream cheese

Topping

  • Frozen lingonberries

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Heat oven to 175°C (350°F). Grease and flour a bundt pan or a loaf pan that can hold 1,5 liter.
  • Whisk the eggs and sugar thoroughly so it is really fluffy.
  • Mix the cream, melted butter and lingonberry jam before carefully adding it to the eggs and sugar mix.
  • In a separate bowl mix all remaining dry ingredients, then use a sifter and carefully incorporate it to the wet mixture.
  • Pour mixture into the pan
  • Bake for 45 minutes on the lower part of the oven

Frosting

  • Whisk it all together and spread over the cake once it has cooled a bit
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Check out some of our other sweet recipes and Christmas recipes.

Don’t miss our recipe for Swedish saffron buns or the guide and inspiration for building a great gingerbread house

Here are some more recipes with gingerbread: Swedish chocolate gingerbread mud cake, gingerbread cookie dough, Swedish no-bake gingerbread balls

Filed Under: Christmas recipe, Desserts, Latest, Swedish, Swedish Christmas, Swedish desserts Tagged With: December, gingerbread

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Comments

  1. Lorraine

    December 20, 2015 at 7:31 am

    Wow. this cake is REALLY sweet!!!

    Reply
    • Belinda

      December 12, 2018 at 6:39 am

      Did you make this?

      Reply

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  1. Swedish Lingonberry Holiday Cake – MELODY'S RECIPES says:
    December 31, 2016 at 8:54 pm

    […] Measurements are in the metric system so if you want to convert that, I get it – because ‘Merica. But realistically millimeters are on the reverse side of the measuring cup with all the 500s and whatnot that you never use. (Recipe adapted from here.) […]

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