Chocolate Cake with Cream
Húnsangskaka með kremi is a traditional Icelandic cake made with honey, warm spices, and a soft layer of cream—a true comfort food classic from the North.
Working time
40 Min
Difficulty
Preparation
Step 1
Melt the honey and sugar in a saucepan and let cool. Stir in the milk.
Step 2
Grease the glasses with butter and sprinkle them with breadcrumbs.
Step 3
Remove the oven rack from the oven and preheat the oven to 160° C.
Step 4
Beat the eggs until frothy. Add the honey mixture. Combine all the dry ingredients and stir them in one spoonful at a time.
Step 5
Divide the batter evenly among the prepared jars. Fill the jars only slightly less than halfway!
Step 6
Place the jars on the cold oven rack, put them in the oven, and bake for about 20–25 minutes. Test with a toothpick.
Step 7
Remove the cakes from the pan and let them cool on a wire rack.
Step 8
For the cream, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the egg yolks, sour cream, and rum.
Step 9
Cut the cake horizontally into two or three layers.
Step 10
Spread blueberry jam and cream on each slice, then reassemble the cake.
For the recipe, you'll need:
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Ingredients
Portions
6Food
- 250.0 ml Honey
- 50.0 g Brown sugar
- 50.0 ml Milk
- 2.0 Eggs
- 250.0 g Flour
- 0.5 tsp Ginger powder
- 0.5 ground Cardamom
- 1.0 tsp Baking soda
- 60.0 g Butter
- 75.0 g Icing sugar
- 1.0 Egg yolk
- 1.0 tbsp Sour cream
- 1.0 tbsp Rum
- Butter and breadcrumbs for the jars
- Blueberry jam