READ: This Is How & Why Norwegians Celebrate ‘Syttende Mai’
The Scandinavians are known for their pastries and cakes. But did you know that the Norwegians claim to be the inventors of the best cake the world has ever seen? Called ‘Verdens Beste Kake’ (World’s Best Cake) or for when they are feeling humble, Kvæfjordkake.
We decided that you deserved to see for yourself, so we translated a recipe for you! What do you think? Could it be the best cake in the world?
Ingredients for the cake:
100 g butter
100 g sugar
4 egg yolks
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp of vanilla sugar, or sugar mixed with vanilla seeds
100 g of flour
4 tbsp milk
Ingredients for the meringue:
4 egg whites
175 g of sugar
Ingredients for the filling:
1 1/4 cup of whipping cream
2 cups of vanilla cream (vaniljkräm) or vanilla pastry cream. Recipe here.
Raspberries (as much as your heart desires)
Topping:
Flaked almonds
Raspberries
Instructions
https://www.godt.no/oppskrift/1727/kvaefjordkake-verdens-beste
This article was originally published on May 20, 2019.
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