Kärleksmums / Love cake/ Den du ved nok
One of the most loved cakes in Scandinavia, this cake has so many names - from simply 'chocolate cake with coconut and coffee icing' to 'Kärleksmums' - directly translated 'love cake'.
Ingredients
- 50 g good quality Cocao powder
- 100 ml very hot water
- 100 ml whole milk
- 200 g butter
- 225 g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 225 g plain flour
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- Topping:
- 150 g icing sugar
- 50 g butter
- 1 large tbsp. cacao powder
- ½ tsp vanilla sugar
- 4 tbsp strong filter coffee or Nescafe
- 50 g desiccated coconut plus extra to decorate.
Instructions
- Set the oven to 180 C / 350F/ Gas Mark 4
- Mix together the cacao powder and hot water and leave to cool a bit. Add the milk to the cacao mixture.
- Cream the butter and sugar until pale. Add the eggs one by one, taking care they are completely incorporated.
- In a bowl, sift the flour, salt, vanilla and baking soda.
- Add the flour and the cacao mixture to the egg mixture whilst whisking continuously on medium setting, taking care to ensure everything is well incorporated – but do not over beat or you will end up with a heavy cake.
- Pour the batter into a lined tin and bake in the middle of the oven for approx. 20-25 minutes or until a skewer come out just clean (take care not to over bake).
- When the cake is done, leave to cool.
- For the topping:
- Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and leave to melt. Spread over the cooled cake and top with extra coconut and a few specs of sea salt flakes (optional). Leave to set before serving.
Notes
Recipe and photo from the book Bronte at Home by Bronte Aurell, photo by Pete Cassidy. Book published by Ryland, Peters and Small. Available from all good bookshops.
Tin size 1 cake tine 20 x 20 approx. (8 inch by 8 inch)
