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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Icelandic Flag Cake Recipe to celebrate Icelandic National Day


Icelandic National Day is coming up in a few days. This annual holiday (Icelandic: Þjóðhátíðardagurinn) was chosen to coincide with the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson. Jón is a major figure of Icelandic culture from the 19th century.

Perfect time to start thinking of ways to celebrate and here we came up with an Icelandic Flag Cake which is a fast fun way to serve during the holiday. 🎈  I decided to make a simple cake in comparison to some of the larger flag cakes I have done before.  This cake only requires one baking pan.  If you want to have a filling in the center, you can easily slice it in half.

As well, I have lots of raspberries growing on my raspberry bush.  So luckily I could use the raspberries for the cake.  So I decided to use the red raspberries for the red cross that is on the cake. 

 
As well I purchased fresh blueberries and whipped cream to complete the flag.  I decided to use the whipped cream from a can because I was not make a complicated pattern.  However, I suggest to add the whipped cream at the very last step. The whipped cream fluffiness will start disappearing shortly after shaking it out of the can.  So I suggest to serve the cake right away. 🍴


Icelandic Flag Cake Recipe🌻

🌻 Ingredients 🌻
  • 1/4 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 a stick of unsalted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1/2 tablespoon of baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
  • confectionary sugar and couple drops of water
  • blueberries
  • raspberries
  • whipped cream
See our instructions to making the cake on our video.
  1. Beat butter and sugar.
  2. Add 2 eggs.
  3. Add flour mixed with baking powder and salt. 
  4. Add milk w/vanilla extract.
  5. Pour batter into a buttered & floured pan.
  6. Bake at 350 F for approx. 30 minutes.
  7. Let cake cool.
  8. Combine confetionary sugar and water to create frosting.
  9. Add frosting on top of the cake. This will be used to hold the fruit.
  10. Place raspberries and blueberries to form flag. Fill in the remaining white line to complete the flag with whipped cream.
Enjoy a slice of cake with a cup of coffee.☕ 🥄



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