A recipe from my mothers Swedish friend (hence Swedish Cake!) Slightly monotonous to make, but extremely sweet and worth the time!

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Name: Swedish Cake (Almond Cake)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: not set
Ingredients: Base; 4 Egg whites; 200 grams Caster sugar; 200 grams Ground almonds; Sauce/Topping; 4 Egg yolks; 200 grams Caster sugar; 1 tbsp Flour; 5 fl oz Double cream (doesn't need to be exactly 5 fl oz, I've chucked in 8 fl oz before and it's fine!); 100 grams Butter cubed; Sliced almonds (not necessary, but nice for decoration)

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INGREDIENTS

Base
4 Egg whites
200 grams Caster sugar
200 grams Ground almonds
Sauce/Topping
4 Egg yolks
200 grams Caster sugar
1 tbsp Flour
5 fl oz Double cream ; (doesn't need to be exactly 5 fl oz, I've chucked in 8 fl oz before and it's fine!)
100 grams Butter ; cubed
Sliced almonds ; (not necessary, but nice for decoration)

Servings

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 175 Degrees Celsius (gas mark 3-4)

Base:

1: Beat egg white, little amount of ground almonds and a little amount of caster sugar until stiff and firm.

2: Fold in the rest of the ground almonds and caster sugar.

3: Cook in a greased dish (one with a removable base would be easier to remove it later) for 40-45 minutes.

Sauce/Topping:

1: Whilst the base is cooking, blend together the yolks, sugar, cream and flour in a saucepan, so that there are no lumps (as best you can)

2: Put the stove on the lowest setting and keep stirring - this easily burns and it the most time consuming part.

3: When it is thick and bubbling slightly, (approximately 20 minutes or so), turn up the heat a little to thicken a little more - but keep stirring!

4: Take off the heat and add the cubed butter to cool the topping and thicken it further.

In this time, the base has probably cooked. Wait for this to cool, but don't wait for too long as the sauce won't be so pourable.

There are now one of two things you can do;

1: Cut the base in the middle, put the bottom half in a suitable dish (the sauce will run, so use something with sides) and pour in some of the sauce, put the top half on and pour the rest of the sauce over the entire cake.

Or;

2: Just pour all of the sauce on the top.

Decorate by sprinkling some almond slices on the top!

(apologies for not being more precise with times etc. I guess that's just what happens when recipes are handed down and nothing is written!)

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Swedish Cake (Almond Cake)

Base 
4  Egg whites  
200 grams Caster sugar 
200  grams Ground almonds 
  Sauce/Topping 
4  Egg yolks 
200 grams Caster sugar 
1 tbsp Flour 
5 fl oz Double cream (doesn't need to be exactly 5 fl oz, I've chucked in 8 fl oz before and it's fine!)
100 grams Butter cubed 
  Sliced almonds (not necessary, but nice for decoration)

Preheat oven to 175 Degrees Celsius (gas mark 3-4)

Base:
1: Beat egg white, little amount of ground almonds and a little amount of caster sugar until stiff and firm.
2: Fold in the rest of the ground almonds and caster sugar.
3: Cook in a greased dish (one with a removable base would be easier to remove it later) for 40-45 minutes.

Sauce/Topping:
1: Whilst the base is cooking, blend together the yolks, sugar, cream and flour in a saucepan, so that there are no lumps (as best you can)
2: Put the stove on the lowest setting and keep stirring - this easily burns and it the most time consuming part.
3: When it is thick and bubbling slightly, (approximately 20 minutes or so), turn up the heat a little to thicken a little more - but keep stirring!
4: Take off the heat and add the cubed butter to cool the topping and thicken it further.

In this time, the base has probably cooked. Wait for this to cool, but don't wait for too long as the sauce won't be so pourable.
There are now one of two things you can do;
1: Cut the base in the middle, put the bottom half in a suitable dish (the sauce will run, so use something with sides) and pour in some of the sauce, put the top half on and pour the rest of the sauce over the entire cake.
Or;
2: Just pour all of the sauce on the top.

Decorate by sprinkling some almond slices on the top!

(apologies for not being more precise with times etc. I guess that's just what happens when recipes are handed down and nothing is written!)

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (88g)
Recipe Makes: 12 Servings

Calories: 354
Calories from Fat: 190 (54%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 21.1g	28 %
	Saturated Fat 8.3g	42 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 8.9g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 2.7g
Cholesterol 104.9mg		32 %
Sodium 73.9mg		3 %
Potassium 153.6mg		4 %
Total Carbohydrate 38.4g		11 %
	Dietary Fiber 2g	8 %
	Sugars, other 36.3g
Protein 6g		9 %
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