Runeberg's Cake

Ingredients

batter:

  • 1 egg
  • 25 ml sugar
  • 50 ml soft brown sugar (firmly packed)
  • 100 g butter
  • 50 ml cream
  • 200 ml flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 50 g ground almonds (50 ml ground or finely chopped walnuts or hazelnuts or ground dark sugar cookies)
  • 1 tsp vanilla sugar
  • ½ tsp almond essence (a dash of almond liqueur "Amaretto")

sugar syrup:

  • 100 ml sugar
  • 50 ml water
  • 1 - 2 tbsp (or to taste) Swedish punsch, rum or cognac

raspberry topping:

  • 100 ml raspberries fresh or frozen
  • 50 ml sugar

sugar icing:

  • icing sugar
  • water
  • dash of almond essence

Description

These Cakes Were Named After Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), The National Poet Of Finland, Who Is Said To Have Had A Special Liking In Them. His Birthday Is…

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