Month: February 2024

Kärleksmums – a Swedish chocolate sponge

February 27, 2024
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baking / cake / chocolate / Scandinavia

This cake is made all over the nordic countries and has various names, including Skúffukaka in Iceland. It is made in a loaf or cake pan, and is traditionally coated with chocolate icing and desiccated coconut. In some respects it reminds me of a chocolate version of a Lamington. For a fancier version you could make a chocolate ganache. Ingredients 125g butter50ml milk2 eggs175g sugar160g soft cake flour1 tsp baking powder15g cocoa powder ① Preheat […]

Fondue – A marketing bonanza

February 19, 2024
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cheese / Swiss food

Fondue’s modern place at the Swiss culinary table is owed to the Swiss Cheese Union, or Schweizer Käseunion (SKU). In 1930 the union successfully endeavoured to have fondue named the Swiss national dish, in part to promote the sale of Emmentaler cheese. By the 1950s and 60s the union began advertising campaigns using backgrounds of ski resorts, and people eating fondue. Why did this “union” have so much influence? It’s beginnings were the onset of […]