Gullkaka

Gold cake

This cake with a thick layer of coconut flakes on top is known in Iceland as " gullkaka " (= " gold cake ") or also as "sjónvarpskaka" (= "television cake").

I had already baked a TV cake in a springform pan a while ago, and here I tried out a sheet cake version. Also delicious! Yesterday we spent a very cozy evening with our two older sons in front of the TV...

Ingredients

3 eggs

200 g sugar

100 ml milk

2 Tbsp melted butter

180 g flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 pinch of ground vanilla

3 Tbsp butter

5 Tbsp brown sugar

2 Tbsp milk

200 g coconut flakes

Preparation

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

In a large bowl, first mix the eggs with the sugar until frothy.

Stir in the milk and melted butter.

Add the flour, baking powder and ground vanilla and mix everything into a smooth dough.

Place the dough in a baking paper-lined form (my form here is 24 cm x 35 cm) and bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) on the middle shelf for about 20 minutes.

During this time prepare the covering:

Put the butter, brown sugar and milk in a saucepan and heat.

Add the coconut flakes to the liquid mixture and bring to the boil, stirring constantly.

When the dough has baked in the oven for 20 minutes, take the cake out of the oven, spread it with the coconut mixture...

...and let it bake for another 10 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat.

Let the cake cool slightly, carefully remove it from the tin and cut it into pieces.

Bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]