Monday 3 January 2011

The Christmas Loaf

This year we made a variation on the traditional Scandinavian Christmas loaf, the Julekage. Julekage's traditional features are dried fruit and cardamom spicing. Because we love it, we added a swirl of marzipan in the middle of the loaf. Topped with a good dredge of icing sugar, the result was was attractive and delicious. Here's a picture of the small sized loaf - the large had a much more dramatic swirl of marzipan.


We made our own marzipan to go in the loaf. It's easy to do, and has the great advantage that it tastes of almonds, rather than invert sugar syrup.



The cardamom spicing made this a great loaf to go with a cup of coffee. Happy New Year!
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4 comments:

  1. Unknown3 January 2011 at 16:05

    Happy New Year. Hope things work out well for you all once you get the new oven installed. Read your blog with interest.

    Beth

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  2. Zillah3 January 2011 at 17:43

    Thanks Beth, new oven building should (fingers crossed) begin in two weeks.

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  3. Anonymous2 April 2011 at 20:46

    Good grief, why didn't I see this at the right time of year. That looks incredible. :-D

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  4. Zillah3 April 2011 at 08:29

    You'll have to try it next year, it does taste amazing.

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