Bløtkake (Norwegian Soft Cream Cake)

Bløtkake for me is Norway's national cake simply because you can find it on the cake table in every special ocassion. This is soft,creamy,fruity and not too sweet type of cake. You simple bake the cake base or bun divide it into 2-3 layers , use whipped cream for frosting with strawberry jam,banana or melted chocolate . And then just crumb coat it with whipped cream, make some swirls or any pipping technique on the outer part of it and put some strawberries or any kind of berries on the top of the cake as a finishing touch. Try this one day if you have enough time and if you want to try something new:)


To begin this cake, we need a cake bun or cake base. Now, here is a recipe of mine that is so easy and  I called this " never been failed recipe" because it has a good result and always turn out good and fluffy.

Cake bun

3 large egg
150g  refine sugar


65g flour( around 6 tbsp)
5 tbsp potato flour
3/4 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp boiled water
some orange zest


Procedure:

Whip the eggs well, add sugar and whip until the sugar became fine and fluffy. Around 4 mins.

Add orange zest.

Sift wheat flour,potato flour,and baking powder on the egg/sugar mixture and simply fold the ingredients carefully. .

 Add 2 tbsp of boiled water and continue folding. Transfer the mixture into a cake form without
butter, oil or greasing.

Bake the cake in the middle of the oven in 180*C for 45-50 mins.
When the cake is done, turn the cake form up side down, using 2 glasses as support. I do this to prevent the cake from shrinking. Take the cake out from the form when it is totally cold.

Filling,Frosting and decorating the cake.

Make the filling:

We need:

300ml of whip cream for the filling (containing around 38% fat)

300ml whip cream for the frosting

4 tbsp refine sugar

strawberry jam

orange soda or sprite to soften the cake

Take out the cake from the form by simple running a knife around it and on the base of the cake.

Divide the cake into 3 equal layers. Transfer each layer on a plate and sprinkle 3 tbsp of orange soda or sprite in one layer. The reason we do this is to soften our cake bun a little bit. Do the same process with the other 2 layers.

Whip the cream for the filling which is 300ml of cream.

Transfer the cream into a cold alumminium bowl.The bowl should be in the fridge before whipping the cream to achieve a fluffy or airy whipped cream

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Add 2 tbsp of sugar  and whip the cream for 3 mins. or when  it's on stiffed peak consistency.Do not overwhip because it will turn into butter.

Transfer the first layer of the cake on a nice cake plate that you will use in serving this cake.

Spread 3 tbsp of strawberry jam on the cake and frost the half part of the whipped cream on the first layer of the cake.

Lay the second layer of the cake on the top of the cream.  You can also mix the cream and the strawberry jam instead of layering it. I do this in the second layer of the cake.

Add 2 tbsp of strawberry jam on the remaining  whipped cream.
And simply frost it on the top of the second layer of the cake. And cover it with the 3rd layer of the cake.
On the picture below , you can see the 3 equal layers of this cake.

The last part is to whip the other 300ml cream with 2 tbsp of sugar, just like what we did on the first whipped cream. We are going to use this whipped cream as crumb coat and frosting for the final touch.

Here is the cake after the crumb coat. I simply covered the whole cake with some cream and scraped the extra cream to level it.

I used a pipping bag with a tip to pipe the remaining cream on the cake for our final touch.
I piped the cream around it and just around the top of it  to provide space in the middle for the strawberries.

I washed the berries and sliced the green leafy and hard part  and just put them on the top of the cake.
You can also slice the strawberries and arrange it on the top if you like. Just use your fantasy in decorating the cake.

Here is another bløtkake I made for my husband's bday a year ago. I used  other types of fruits on it:

That's all for now...Try this cake and hopefully the celebration of the ocassion will be awesome:)

Yummy inside and out:)

Homemade Fruit Whip Cream Cake

Whip cream cake  is similar to " bløtkake" in Norwegian, "bløt" means soft and "kake" means cake.  Different households has their own version of  "bløtkake" or soft cake. The  cake bun is a white soft cake sprinkled by drops of liquids  according to their  choice like milk,orange soda,juice or sprite . I usually use sprite or orange soda because of it's fresh taste. The purpose of  sprinkling liquid on the cake is to make it wet and softer. Norwegians spread strawberry jam on the cake and coat it with whip cream. And just finish it by putting different kinds of fruits and berries. There are manyyyyy versions of making "bløtkake" and my FRUIT WHIP CREAM CAKE is my own version with a little twist:)




Ingredients:


For the cake:


I used my  chiffon cake recipe but I only make half part of the recipe because I don't need a thick cake.
Just follow the recipe for this cake and use an ordinary medium size cake form.


Fruits:


1 banana
5-8 strawberries
2 kiwis
mango
some grapes
some sliced of cantaloupe melon


For the filling:


1 pk vanilla cream (u can use a ready made vanilla custard or pudding)


Whip cream


300ml (3dl) of cream for whipping
2 tbsp sugar




or you can use a ready made whipped cream

Procedure:


Make the chiffon cake by following this recipe:


How to make a chiffon cake.






Slice the fruits according to the sizes you like.

Sprinkle some drops of (3-4 tbsp) of orange soda or sprite on the top of the cake to soften it.


Pour the cream for whipping in a bowl with the sugar. Whip the cream with a whip or a mixer for 3 mins. until it become fluffy/stiffed peak. Do not over whip because it will turn into butter.

Now, it's time to crumb coat our cake.
On the top of the cake ,spread some vanilla cream/ready made vanilla pudding or vanilla custard.

Cover or coat the whole cake with the whipped cream and save some for pipping decoration on the top of the cake.

After covering the whole cake with whipped cream, I simply put all the sliced fruits on the top of the cake and I pipped some whipped cream swirls around the top of it. For the finishing touch ,I sliced 2 strawberries and formed it like a flower and pipped a whipped cream on the center. VOILA!!! This is my Fruit whip cream cake:)

This cake taste fresh and fruity:)

Chocolate cake with shiny frosting

185 grams butter
330 grams sugar
3 eggs

375 grams flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
all the ingredients above should be sifted

3 tsp vanilla extract
80 grams unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup of buttermilk (kulturmelk in Norwegian)

Optional ingredients if you like super moist chocolate cake

1/4 cup of oil
1/2 cup of boiling water (should be added at the end of the mixing process)

Procedure:

All the ingredients should be in room temperature for at least 30 mins.
Mix and soften the butter in a stand mixer or hand mixer.

Add sugar, mix for 2 minutes. Add egg one at a time.

Add half part of the flour ,cocoa powder and butter milk. Mix well for 2 minutes.

Add the other half part of flour,cocoa powder and butter milk. Mix for another 2 minutes.

For super moist cake: Add oil and mix, then add boiling water at the end of the mixing process. Mix well until smooth and fine.


Grease a rectangular cake form with butter and lay a parchment paper on the bottom of the form.  Transfer/pour the chocolate cake batter/mixture on the cake form and bake inside the preheated oven for 1 hour. (150*C or 300*F)

Shiny Chocolate frosting

113 grams butter

1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2- 2 cups powdered sugar /confectioner sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tablespoon coffee,optional

Procedure:

Melt the butter (medium) flame

Add cocoa powder

Transfer the chocolate paste in a stand mixer or  in a bowl (if you use handmixer). Add milk

and confectioner sugar in alternate batches using about 1/3 of each with every addition

until all the ingredients are incorporated. Add vanilla extract and coffee(optional). Mix for 3-5 minutes until soft and glossy.

If you think your icing is too runny or wet, just add more confectioner sugar.

Frosting/Decorating the chocolate cake

Take out the cake from the form when it is already cold. Level the  cake by slicing the

top part of it. Flip the cake, it means that the upper leveled part should be at the bottom, so it will be easier for us to frost the perfect flat part.

Frost the cake carefully from the top and the sides.

You can buy ready made cake decors in different colors, much better if you can make your own.  Be creative in decorating your cake.

VOILA!!!

Perfect for all ocassions!!!

Would you care for a slice of cake????

Vanilla Waffles

My girls and I made a yummy breakfast today. I could see that they have been trying to eat sliced bread these past few days and  they have been asking for waffle or pancake. I told them that we can make waffles and they promised me  that they will behave well  today:)  This waffle recipe that I am going to show you is not a norwegian type of waffle. This one is more fluffier than the waffles that we used to make in Norway.


Ingredients:

This will make 6-8 waffles

3 eggs
250g flour
2 tsp of baking powder
125 ml milk
125 ml vanilla sauce or vanilla yoghurt as substitute.
2 tsp of vanilla extract ( I used vanilla  powder)
75g of sugar


Procedure:

Prepare all the ingredients 30 minutes before making the waffles.
Flour and  baking powder should be sifted.

In a bowl or stand mixer, mix the eggs and sugar for 2 minutes. Add milk, vanilla sauce/vanilla yoghurt and mix for another 1 minute.

Add flour and mix well.

Preheat the waffle maker/iron  and coat some butter on it using a brush.
Scoop waffle batter and spread it in the waffle maker/iron. Wait for 30 seconds and close or cover the batter. Waffle is ready after 2 minutes or longer if like it crispy.



                                   

Spread butter,honey,syrup or sugar on the waffles if you like:)

Enjoy!!