Afakaka

Grandfather cake

Icelandic cakes are often particularly popular when they are nice and sweet, preferably with a layer of jam and best of all with meringue on top. This "grandfather's cake" combines all of these requirements for a "good Icelandic cake" in a very pleasant way.


Ingredients

200 g butter
200 g sugar
4 eggs
480 g flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 pinch of vanilla
250 ml milk

4 Tbsp blueberry jam

200 g sugar


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Separate the eggs.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Then add the egg yolks and stir in.

Finally add the flour, baking powder, vanilla and milk and work everything into a smooth dough.

Pour the dough into a rectangular baking pan (approx. 30 x 40 cm) lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, beat the egg whites with the sugar until stiff.

Take the (not yet fully baked!) cake out of the oven, spread it with the jam and spread the egg whites on top of the cake.

Then put the cake back in the oven and bake at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for another 20 minutes.

Then let the baked cake cool thoroughly and serve.

[Translated from here.]