Kladdkaka is what the Swedish call a sticky gooey chocolate cake. Honestly, I think it is the best cake I have ever had! To me, it was much more like a brownie than a cake, it had a wonderful thin crust that added just the perfect amount of texture to go with the sticky gooey inside. It was sprinkled with just a bit of powdered sugar and a few raspberries. Truly a heavenly bite.
This cake whips up in a hurry and literally in about an hour you can be enjoying this amazing Swedish dessert. I bet you just might even have everything you need without a special trip to the store. It is made with just 7 ingredients, flour, butter, cocoa powder, salt, eggs, sugar and vanilla extract.
In Sweden, they have a tradition called Fika which is a break that occurs two times a day usually for at least 10 minutes and up to 30 minutes. It is a time for socializing and especially enjoying a cup of coffee and a pastry or sweet of some type. Kladdkaka is a perfect Fika dessert to enjoy with a cup of coffee.
Honestly after I ate my piece, I had to give the rest away, or it would have ended up in my belly. Fair warning!
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Kladdkaka (Sticky Chocolate Cake)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 6 Tbsp cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1 cup all purpose sifted flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- powdered sugar optional for dusting
- raspberries optional, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- In a saucepan over medium low heat, melt the butter.
- In a bowl mix together the butter, flour, cocoa, sugar and salt
- Gently whisk the two eggs and add them to the mixture along with the vanilla. Stir gently until it is all mixed together taking care not to over mix.
- Prepare an 8" or 9" cake tin or springform pan. Line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper and then using a bit of butter, grease the top of the paper and sides of the pan, use a bit of cocoa powder to dust over the butter.
- Pour the mixture into the dusted pan
- Bake for about 25 minutes but do check it after about 20. You want the top firm and the inside gooey but not jiggly.
- Let cool for about 30 minutes and then run a knife around the edges and invert on a cake plate if using a tin. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired and garnish with a few berries.
