Kladdkaka
kladdkaka with decoration
Alternative namesChocolate mud cake
TypeChocolate cake
CourseDessert
Place of originSweden
Main ingredientssugar, flour, butter, egg and cocoa

Kladdkaka is a popular Swedish dessert. This dense, compact cake similar to a molten chocolate cake features a crisp exterior and soft, gooey interior. The ingredients are flour, eggs, butter, sugar, vanilla essence and cocoa powder. The main difference between kladdkaka and other cakes is the lack of baking powder. It is sometimes eaten with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and raspberry coulis and/or raspberries.[1] [2][3][4]

The name derives from the Swedish word "kladdig", meaning "sticky" or "messy".

Since 2008, the kladdkaka has its designated date which is 7 November.[5]

History

There are two main theories of the cakes origin. During World War II, when baking powder was difficult to get hold of in Sweden, Gudrun Isaksson, a woman from Örebro, used an American recepie of Brownies and simply left out the baking powder.[6] The other theory is verified[7], but both can still be accurate. 1968 Margareta Wickbom, the editor in chief on Swedish magazine Veckojournalen was served a French chocolate cake at a flee market restaurant in Paris and was handed the recepie by the restaurant chef. The recepie was published in a couple of different variants in this magazine during the late seventies.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Swedish chocolate cake (kladdkaka)". scrummylane.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "I dag firar vi kladdkakans dag". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Marabous klassiska mjölkchoklad blir kladdkaka - Mitt kök". Expressen (in Swedish). 19 February 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ Johansen, Signe (24 November 2011). Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking . . . Scandilicious. Saltyard Books. p. 180. ISBN 978-1444703924.
  5. ^ Karlsson, Ulrika (2015-11-09). "I dag firar vi kladdkakans dag". gp.se. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Kladdkakan firas idag – krockar med Gustav Adolfsbakelsen". Sveriges Television. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Kladdkakan". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  8. ^ Hammarkrantz, Oskar (2018-04-03). "90-talets populäraste maträtter – vilka håller måttet i dag?". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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