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TROPICAL AROMA / Serves 6

1/2 cup butter or margarine (125 ml)
1 1/4 cups sugar (300 ml)
2 eggs, fork-beaten
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour (400 ml)
4 tsp. baking powder (20 ml)
dash salt
1 tsp. nutmeg (5 ml)
1 tsp. cinnamon (5 ml)
3/4 cup milk (180 ml)

Topping:
3 tbsp. butter (45 ml)
1 1/4 cups icing sugar (300 ml)
1 tbsp. cocoa powder (15 ml)
1 tsp. vanilla (5 ml)
3 tbsp. strong coffee (45 ml)

Photo from Care Enough to Cook by Elsa Ring

A Norwegian classic.
The flavor of nutmeg in the cake, and coffee in the chocolate icing, gives it an exotic flavor.

Cut three pieces of wax paper to fit the bottom of three 9" (22 cm) layer cake pans.

Cream butter or margarine with sugar until light and fluffy, add fork-beaten eggs. Sift flour, baking powder, and spices. Stir flour into butter mixture in thirds and milk in half, starting and ending with dry ingredients. Divide batter in three and fill two of the pans with white batter. Stir cocoa powder out with 2 tbsp. (30 ml) of hot water and add to the third portion of the batter.

Bake at 350° F (180° C) for 15?20 minutes. Cool on rack.

Cream butter, add sifted icing sugar and cocoa powder. Add liquid in drops and continue beating until light in color, about 4 minutes. Spread icing very thinly on each layer, on top and sides of cake. To serve, slice in thin wedges.

From Care Enough to Cook by Elsa Ring

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