Hjónabandssæla með hnetusúkkulaðimauk

Marital bliss with nut chocolate cream

I recently came across this variant for Icelandic crumble cake, Hjónabandssæla (= marital happiness), in which "hnetusúkkulaðimauk", or "nut-chocolate cream", was used instead of the classic rhubarb jam. Oh yes - of course I had to try it out!

I happily made the Hnetusúkkulaðimauk myself - but of course you can also use a purchased product.


Ingredients

300 g flour
100 g brown sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 pinch of salt
100 g margarine
1 egg

200 g nut chocolate cream


Preparation

In a large bowl, mix the flour with the sugar, baking powder and salt.

Then briefly knead the margarine into the dough, then add the egg and knead everything into crumbles.

Then put 2/3 of the streusel mixture into a springform pan (24 cm) lined with baking paper and press down carefully.

Spread the nut-chocolate cream over the cake base,...

...sprinkle with the remaining sprinkles...

...and then bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 30 minutes. Then turn off the oven and leave the cake in the hot oven for about 10 minutes.

Then take the cake out of the oven and let it cool thoroughly. Cut into thin pieces and serve.

[Translated from here.]