• 17/01/2011

Last October my wife and I were offered to submit a cake recipe to a magazine in Iceland.  This magazine, Vikan, has been published for over 70 years, and their ‘cake’ issue is probably a top five biggest seller in Iceland each year.  The reporter, Ragnhildur Aðalsteinsdóttir (a Western Academy of Photography graduate), wanted a recipe and two photos – one of the cake and one of the baker.

After mulling it over, we decided to have our son bake the cake, a spiced chocolate sheet cake.  Something simple enough for a ten year old to do by himself or thereabout.

A full page of baking.

What was supposed to be maybe half a page with two photos ended up as a full page with eight photos.  I was very happy to see that, and got a preview through Skype from a few people before I was able to pick up my own copy back in Iceland.

Our kitchen is wide open, which enabled me to put up one light  with a softbox in the living room, directing it into the kitchen.

Márus measuring sugar.
Pouring the batter into the sheet.

Oh, and here is the recipe, if you want to try it out.

The cake:
200 g margarine
2 dl coffee, brewed strong
3 eggs
300 g sugar
350 g flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground cloves
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger

Whip the eggs and sugar.  Margarine and coffee heated together and added to the mixture.  Dry ingredients added.  Baked in a sheet for 15-20 minutes at 200°C.

The icing:
4 dl powdered sugar (icing sugar)
4 tsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp butter
1/2 dl coffee, brewed strong
1 tsp vanilla essence

Topped with shredded coconut.

And here it is!

Verði ykkur að góðu!

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