Finnish Spice Cake
 
 
A delicious traditional Coffee Table cake hailing from Finland
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups freshly ground spelt (or white wheat) pastry flour
  • ½ cup coconut sugar
  • 1½ t. baking soda
  • 1 t. baking powder
  • ¼ t. salt
  • 1 generous t. cinnamon
  • ½ t. ground cardamom (or ground cloves)
  • ½ cup melted butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup yogurt (or 1½ cups buttermilk to replace milk and yogurt)
  • ½ t. liquid stevia
  • Cinnamon Glaze (optional):
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (make your own by blending whatever kind of sugar you have in a blender until it's powdered)
  • 2-3 T. milk, coconut milk, or kefir
  • 1 t. cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, salt, and spices. Stir in butter, milk, yogurt (or buttermilk), and liquid stevia just until combined.
  2. Pour into a greased tube pan and bake at 350F for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  3. Remove from oven and cool in pan for 10-15 minutes, then loosen sides gently with a table knife. Carefully overturn onto a serving platter.
  4. If desired, stir Cinnamon Glaze ingredients together in a small bowl until you have a smooth, pourable consistency. Drizzle over cooled cake before serving.
Recipe by Baking Whole Grains at http://bakingwholegrains.com/finnish-spice-cake-bakingmyheritage/