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Kladkakka (Scandinavian gooey white chocolate cake)

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This new addition to our Swedish Christmas traditions was a smashing success! After just one bite, the family was begging for more. Just 6 simple ingredients and a quick bake will bless you with a heavenly, gooey, white chocolate delicacy making you look like a baking genius! For real, you’ve got to try this!

Ingredients

  • 4 sticks of butter
  • 5 oz. quality white chocolate (I usually use Ghiradelli chips)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup castor or granulated sugar
  • 1 cup unbromated, unbleached flour
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar or extract

Recipe

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and prepare 1 round cake pan (I use a 9 inch round springform pan, lined with parchment and sides, greased and flour-dusted
  2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium, remove from heat, and stir in chocolate pieces until melted.
  3. Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.
  4. Sift all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and then add to egg mixture. Fold in the vanilla and chocolate butter until well combined.
  5. Pour into the prepard pan and bake 15-17 minutes. It will only be fully cooked around the edges, but the center should not be wobbly, just sticky and wet.
  6. Let cool in pan one hour.

You may serve the Kladkakka as is or you can sprinkle with powdered sugar and fresh raspberries or lingonberries. You can also serve it with a side of Lingonberry jam, lemon curd, or raspberry compote.

New Beginnings

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Learn from the past, embrace the present, and work toward the future…

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This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Tony and I finally bought our very first home, right here on Oak Street, in Central PA. This has been a twenty year dream come to pass.

Nestled among the beautiful bungalows and giant trees that line Oak Street, our home rests on a wooded lot ajdacent to a corn field and park. At long last, a place that we can make our very own! And that’s just what we’ve been doing! No major remodels yet, but lots of cosmetic updates…fresh paint, light fixtures, that kind of thing. We’re no Chip and Joanna Gaines, but we’re having a blast and enjoying the process.

After years of moving from rental to rental like Abraham and Sarah in the Old Testament, my precious family heirlooms finally have a place to call home, especially the treasures passed down from Grama and my mama’s kitchens. Grama’s cobalt glass canisters, Blue Onion porcelain pieces, and sterling silver are perfectly at home in my freshly painted 50’s style kitchen. Mom’s Swedish horse and porcelain chickens adorning the cubbies make her seem somehow closer and add just the right touches combined with my own kitchenware. I miss Mom and Grama so much, but I get to feel them around me everyday as I make meals for my own family. I had an extra special moment the other day when my son came into the kitchen after 3 weeks of traveling and declared, “Wow, this feels like Grama’s house”… not that I’m interested in living in the past, but I’m excited about incorporating the beauty and love from my youth into a richer future.

So good!

Join me back here for house updates, recipes, and healthy living tips and tricks! See you next time!

Jody