Recipe: Swedish soft gingerbread cake (mjuk pepparkaka)

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.

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

  

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• 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

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