Afmæliskaka

Birthday cake

Last week was my favorite Iceland fan's birthday. So of course there had to be an Icelandic birthday cake, an Afmæliskaka. Here is a very tasty hardcore chocolate cake!


Ingredients

200 g soft margarine
400 g powdered sugar
300 g flour
3 eggs
2 Tbsp baking cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 pinch of salt
100 ml buttermilk
150 ml warm water

chocolate cream

250 g soft butter
360 g powdered sugar
3 Tbsp baking cocoa
3 Tbsp light syrup


Preparation

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

Mix all the ingredients for the dough (except the warm water!) in a large bowl.

Then add the warm water and mix very briefly until a smooth dough is formed.

Pour the dough evenly into two springform pans (approx. 24 cm) lined with baking paper...

...and bake in the preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 25 minutes until the base is nicely baked in the middle (test with a toothpick!).

Remove the two bases from the oven and let them cool thoroughly.

To make the cream, slowly heat the butter in a saucepan, then add the powdered sugar and baking cocoa spoon by spoon and mix thoroughly.

Finally stir in the syrup...

and carefully spread the warm cream onto the cold cake with a spatula:

Decorate a little to taste.

Let it set well in the fridge and enjoy well chilled!

Bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]