NORWEGIAN CULTURE
Ingredients
For the cake
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 ¼ cups sugar
2 eggs, fork-beaten
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
4 tsp. baking powder
dash salt
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup milk
For the topping
3 Tbsp. butter
1 1/4 cups icing sugar
1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbsp. strong coffee
Recipe
For the Cake
Step 1
Cut three pieces of wax paper to fit the bottom of three 9″ (22 cm) layer cake pans.
Step 2
Cream butter or margarine with sugar until light and fluffy, add fork-beaten eggs.
Step 3
Combine flour, baking powder, and spices. Stir flour into butter mixture in thirds and milk in half, starting and ending with dry ingredients.
Step 4
Divide batter in three and fill two of the pans with white batter. Stir cocoa powder into 2 Tbsp. of hot water and add mixture to the third portion of the batter. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on rack.
For the Topping
Step 1
Cream butter, add sifted icing sugar and cocoa powder.
Step 2
Add liquid in drops and continue beating until light in color, about 4 minutes.
Step 3
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