Sandkaka

Biscuit cake

The original recipe comes from an old Icelandic cookbook from 1858, where the list of ingredients consisted of one pound of flour, one pound of butter, one pound of sugar, 16 eggs and a small pinch of cardamom. And the cake should then make 14 pieces - so over 1 egg per piece.

I tried a slightly “stripped down” version here, with half the amount of flour/butter/sugar and “only” 6 eggs. But it also tastes very tasty!


Ingredients

250 g sugar
250 g butter
6 eggs
250 g flour
1/2 tsp cardamom

Preparation

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

Mix the sugar with the butter until fluffy.

Then add the eggs one by one and stir in.

Add the flour and the cardamom...

...and work everything into a smooth dough.

Place in a greased loaf pan or one lined with baking paper...

...and bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 60 minutes.

Allow to cool thoroughly and then carefully remove from the mold and serve.

Bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]