OLD-FASHIONED CAKE FROM
HÄLSINGLAND + old spooky legend
Gammaldags sockerkaka från Hälsingland
Hälsingland is a region up north in Sweden, famous for the big "hambo" competition (hambo is a Swedish folk dance). A special tune of the hambo is the "Hårgalåten", something like "The Horga Tune". It's very old, and legend has it that once there was a young boy and girl who wanted to dance the "hambo" so badly that suddenly the devil appeared, playing a never heard tune on his fiddle. The youngsters were enchanted and couldn't stop dancing,
their feet just kept moving and they couldn't stop, so they fell over the edge of the Hårga mountain and thus danced to their death. In July each year the big competition is held in Hälsingland, and the Horga Tune is sure to be played many times. It's really mysterious and very Swedish ... I just wish I could find a way to post a recording of it! Anyway, maybe this cake is served then, who knows! It's delicious in any case!
Makes 1 cake
4 oz butter or margarine
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup dark molasses/treacle
2/3 cup strong coffee
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
3 1/2 oz finely chopped almonds
3/4 cup raisins
Heat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour a baking pan, holding 8 cups.
Melt the fat. Separate the eggs. Beat egg yolks, sugar and molasses until fluffy, add the melted, cooled butter and strong coffee. Mix flour, bicarbonate, cloves, cinnamon, almonds and raisins and stir this into the batter. Beat the egg whites stiff and gently fold them in. Pour the batter in the dish and bake in the lower part of the oven for 50 - 60 minutes.
Enjoy!
Bella
HÄLSINGLAND + old spooky legend
Gammaldags sockerkaka från Hälsingland
Hälsingland is a region up north in Sweden, famous for the big "hambo" competition (hambo is a Swedish folk dance). A special tune of the hambo is the "Hårgalåten", something like "The Horga Tune". It's very old, and legend has it that once there was a young boy and girl who wanted to dance the "hambo" so badly that suddenly the devil appeared, playing a never heard tune on his fiddle. The youngsters were enchanted and couldn't stop dancing,
their feet just kept moving and they couldn't stop, so they fell over the edge of the Hårga mountain and thus danced to their death. In July each year the big competition is held in Hälsingland, and the Horga Tune is sure to be played many times. It's really mysterious and very Swedish ... I just wish I could find a way to post a recording of it! Anyway, maybe this cake is served then, who knows! It's delicious in any case!
Makes 1 cake
4 oz butter or margarine
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup dark molasses/treacle
2/3 cup strong coffee
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
3 1/2 oz finely chopped almonds
3/4 cup raisins
Heat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour a baking pan, holding 8 cups.
Melt the fat. Separate the eggs. Beat egg yolks, sugar and molasses until fluffy, add the melted, cooled butter and strong coffee. Mix flour, bicarbonate, cloves, cinnamon, almonds and raisins and stir this into the batter. Beat the egg whites stiff and gently fold them in. Pour the batter in the dish and bake in the lower part of the oven for 50 - 60 minutes.
Enjoy!
Bella
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