Best Sand Kage Recipes

SAND KAGE

Steps:

• Let the butter soften to room temperature.
• Separate the eggs and let them come to room temperature.
• Cream sugar and butter well.
• Add egg yolks one at a time, beat well in between.
• Add sifted flour and vanilla, keep on mixing well. You can use cornstarch if you can't find potato flour.
• Last, add the stiff beaten egg whites.
• Bake 50-60 minutes in a 350 degree F oven.
• This is one of the most used cakes on the Danish coffee table. Enjoy!

SAND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Smear the bottom, sides, and cone of an 8- or 9-inch tube pan with butter and sprinkle with bread crumbs; invert the pan over the sink to remove excess crumbs. Set aside.
• Mix together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, and spices and set aside. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter with the granulated sugar until light and fluffy, 5 minutes or so. Add the eggs one at a time, continuing to beat. Add the vanilla and beat for another 30 seconds.
• Remove the bowl from the mixer and add the dry ingredients all at once; mix, by hand, until they are well incorporated but no longer. Pour and scrape the batter into the prepared pan; rap the pan sharply against the counter to eliminate any lingering pockets of air. Bake for 45 minutes before checking; the cake is done when it is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in its center comes out clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and let it rest for a couple of minutes. Run a knife around the edge, cover the pan with a rack, and invert the rack and pan. Cool before serving plain, with whipped cream, or sprinkled with confectioners' sugar if desired.

SARAH BERNHARDT CAKES (SARAH BERNHARDT-KAGER) (DANISH)

Steps:

• Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease and flour it.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, whisk the egg white until foamy; add the sugar, and beat until mixture holds soft peaks.
• Fold in the pulverized almonds, cornstarch, and almond extract.
• Spoon into 12 mounds evenly spaced on the prepared baking sheet, allowing plenty of space between them.
• Bake until top is dry and cakes are a creamy color, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from sheet and cool on rack.
• Melt 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips in a small bowl over hot water.
• Melt the butter in another pan.
• Whip the egg with the lemon rind, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Mix the COOLED chocolate and butter together and add the egg mixture.
• When this has thickened, spread it over the base of the cakes, allowing the mixture to set.
• Melt the remaining chocolate and pour over the firm chocolate layer.
• Decorate each cake with an almond.
• Makes 12 cakes.
• The Great Scandinavian Baking Book...-- Beatrice Ojakangas.

PERFECT SAND CAKE

Steps:

• Put the oil in electric mixer bowl, put in sugar, beat the mixture until blended.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix yogurt with water.
• Add flour in thirds alternating with yogurt and water mixture.
• Add baking powder, baking soda and one of the variations mentioned above (or you can be creative and add whatever you like).
• Pour the cake mixture (the mixture shouldn't be thick, it is almost watery in consistency).
• In greased, floured cake pan (I prefer the one with the whole in the middle or a loaf pan for easy cutting).
• Put the cake in COLD oven, set the heat at 180°C, let the cake in the oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Remove the cake from the oven,let it sit for about 10 minutes, remove from pan.
• Let the cake cool on wire rack (or I put the cake in plastic bag and close it while the cake in it so the outer surface of the cake won't be hard, it will be soft instead.
• Optional: You may sprinkle icing sugar on the face before cutting into pieces.
• Serve the cake with orange juice, coffee or hot tea.