Swedish Spice Cake (Mjuk Pepparkaka)
- 1/4 lb butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup cranberry jam
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 2 teaspoons baking powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda (I use baking powder)
- Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F.
- Grease and flour a 8x4x3 inch loaf pan or an 8 cup round baking pan.
- Sieve flour with baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and cardamom.
- Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs, one by one, keep whipping.
- Add buttermilk and jam, mix.
- Add flour mixture and mix gently.
- Pour the batter in the prepared pan.
- Bake on lowest rack in the oven for about 50-60 minutes.
- Test with a skewer that the cake is done.
butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, cranberry jam, flour, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, ground cardamom, baking powder
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/swedish-spice-cake-mjuk-pepparkaka-107661 (may not work)