Sugar
cake / sponge cake (my translation)
What you
will need:
· Cooking fat and some breadcrumbs to
the form
· Two eggs
· Two decilitre of sugar
· Three decilitre of flour
· One and a half teaspoon of baking
powder
· A half teaspoon of vanilla sugar
· 50 grams of butter
· One decilitre of milk
Serve with
some fresh berries.
Method:
1.
Preheat
the oven to 175 degrees Celsius, grease and sprinkle the crumbs in the form.
2.
Whisk
eggs and sugar until its white and puffy. Blend flour, baking powder and
vanilla sugar together in a separate bowl.
3.
Melt
the butter and pour in the milk, so it becomes lukewarm. Pour in the milk
mixture in the sugar mixture and blend it together. Blend in the flour mixture
in the batter, and pour it in the form.
4.
Bake the cake in the oven 25-30 minutes.
http://www.koket.se/sockerkaka-grundrecept
Ingredients
(English/American recipe)
Sponge cake
· Butter and breadcrumbs for mould
· 3 eggs
· 300 g (1 1/3 Cups) of caster
(superfine) sugar
· 2 tsp of Vanilla sugar
· 160 g (1 1/4 cups) of plain (all
purpose) flour
· 2 tsp of baking powder
· 75 g (1/3 cup) of butter
· 100 ml water (1/2 cup, less than 1
tablespoon
Method:
1.
Preheat
the over to 175 degrees Celsius
2.
Thoroughly grease a 1½ litre sockerkaka mould and sprinkle with
breadcrumbs.
3.
Beat the eggs and sugars with an electric whisk until pale and
fluffy.
4.
Sieve the flour and baking powder
into a bowl and then carefully fold into the mixture.
5.
Melt the butter and then add the
water. Bring to a boil and then add to the mixture, beating on the lowest
setting until evenly mixed.
6.
Pour the mixture into the mould
and then bake at the bottom of the oven for 35-40 minutes, until the top is
golden and the mixture begins to pull away from the mould.
7.
Leave to cool for 2-3 minutes and
then invert on to a serving plate.
8.
When completely cold remove the
mould.
http://www.swedishfood.com/swedish-food-recipes-biscuits-cakes/375-sponge-cake-sockerkaka
Differences
The biggest
difference between the two recipes is that the Swedish one contains Swedish
Measuring cups, and the English recipe contains English ones. I also think that
the English recipe is more detailed than the Swedish recipe.