Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Swedish Fika Cake

February 14, 2023 at 10:31 pm | Posted in BWD, cakes & tortes, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 3 Comments
Tags: baking, brekkie, cake

I do a solo coffee break most afternoons, but wouldn’t it be fun to fika with friends, with a big pot of coffee and slices of Swedish Fika Cake? We’ve already done a related recipe for Swedish Visiting Cake Bars, but this one is a full-on butter-ball of a cake, crowned with a crisp, sugared almond topping. In the recipe, the cake part is just flavored with vanilla, but I added a splash of almond extract along with that to make it a bit more marzipany. I also tossed an extra handful of sliced almonds into the topping to take in more of the buttery sugar syrup that forms a baked-on shell on top of the cake. This was a good one, and I enjoyed more than one sliver of this moist cake in the weekday quiet of my kitchen.

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“Full on butter ball of a cake” 😂😂…that sums it up hahaha! We loved this one too…the crackly topping was so good…and I could get use to daily Fika!

Comment by isthisakeeper— February 17, 2023 #

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Your cake photo makes me want this all over again. This cake was just the best!! Loved it.

Comment by Cakelaw— February 24, 2023 #

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This was so delicious and seems to be a hit with the group. I like your almond extract idea.

Comment by Diane Zwang— March 1, 2023 #

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