Skúffukaka í heila ofnskúffu

Icelandic chocolate cake from a tray

"Skúffa" is the Icelandic word for "drawer" or "baking tray" (= "oven drawer"), and accordingly "skúffukaka" is a cake that is traditionally baked as a sheet cake. The classic Icelandic sheet cake, the "skúffukaka", is a chocolate cake with a thick layer of buttercream or powdered sugar icing, often with grated coconut on top or a bit of licorice.

There are an incredible number of recipes for Skúffukaka, and I have already posted various variations here on the blog. Normally I bake smaller recipes, for a 10 x 14 inches (25 x 35 cm) baking tin or something similar, this time we had visitors who I wanted to present to "classic Icelandic cake", and in addition to carrot cake, there were cinnamon rolls and a "strawberry bomb". with meringue, just a complete sheet of skúffukaka. However, we didn't manage to make the whole cake - I froze part of it.

Our coffee table

Ingredients for the dough

570 g flour
740 g sugar

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp fine salt

70 g baking cocoa

1 pinch of ground vanilla

210 g melted butter

700 ml milk

4 eggs

Ingredients for the glaze

600 g powdered sugar

1 pinch of salt

80 g baking cocoa

1 Tbsp cappuccino powder

70 - 80 ml lukewarm water

Preparation

In a large (!) bowl, mix the flour with the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, baking cocoa and ground vanilla.

Add the melted butter to the dough, as well as the milk and eggs.

Then spread the dough on a baking tray lined with baking paper, smooth it out and let it bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 30 to 40 minutes until it is completely baked through (toothpick test!).

While the cake is cooling, prepare the icing:

Mix the powdered sugar with the salt, the baking cocoa and the cappuccino powder, then add the warm water and mix everything thoroughly. Be careful not to form any lumps!

Then spread the icing on the sheet cake and let it set.

If you like, you can garnish the fresh icing to your heart's content, for example with coconut sprinkles or a little licorice .

Bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]