My Swedish Gift To You!

Kladdkaka!

or Chocolate Sticky Cake... It can be eaten one of two ways.... As a pudding, hot, served with ice-cream OR as a cake I find best served with a little whipped cream and raspberries. It gives you all the joy of mudcake yet, is ten times easier to make! This is a rich, gooey cake!! (Similar in consitency to a Brownie!)

A little tip on Sweden - for those who may visit one day. You generally can not guarantee that your food will be up to scratch when dining out in Sweden - YOU CAN however guarantee your cakes, slices, ice-cream, basically anything desert like - will be fantastic!!!! Unfortunately it's a fact!! One that has seen me turn into a sweets lover :D

So here is the very basic reciepe for you!


Kladdkaka

150g Butter
300g Castor sugar (1 1/3 cups)
100g Cocoa (4 tabelspoons)
2tbsp Vanilla sugar (or few drops vanilla essence)
2 Eggs
150g Plain Flour (1/2 cup)

Pre-heat oven 180degrees

Whisk together the eggs and sugar. Gradually mix in the sifted dry ingredients.
Stir well.
Add melted butter and stir well.

Place mixture into well greased baking dish (8-9inch springform tin or use baking paper as is very sticky!!)

Cook for 20mins.

When the cake comes out of the oven, it will still be runny in the middle. If you are eating as a cake - just leave it to cool. Dust with icing sugar when cooled!

If eating as pudding - add some ice-cream and enjoy... All that sugar will go a bit fudge like when the cold ice cream hits it!!

For non cooks. Go to Ikea and get the pre-made frozen version :D