Birthdays need birthday cakes. With candles. Don't you think?
Well, it was my friend Katarina's birthday last weekend and I wanted to bring her a small birthday cake with a candle on it. Maybe you remember that she is the one who gave me the Swedish Cakes and Cookies book so I decided to make her a cake from that book.
Saffron Cake
Adapted from Swedish Cakes and Cookies
200g (3/4 cup) butter
1/2 gram (large pinch) saffron
1 sugar cube
2 eggs
300 ml (1 1/4 cups) sugar
150 ml (2/3 cup) milk
400 ml (1 2/3 cups) flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
- Melt butter and let cool. Crush saffron with sugar cube in a mortar.
- Beat eggs and sugar until light yellow and thick. Add saffron, butter and milk.
- Combine dry ingredients and add, beating well.
- Pour into prepared springform pan (24 cm/10 in).
- Bake on low oven rack in preheated oven at 175°C (350°F) for around 45 minutes.
- Sift powdered sugar over cooled cake if desired.
My modifications:
None. But it was supposed to look more yellow - for some reason the saffron that I used did not dissolve correctly but was visible as tiny red dots in the cake...
And I baked 6 small cakes (for 25 minutes) instead of 1 big one.
The taste:
Basic but very good.
What is your favorite birthday cake?
What is your favorite birthday cake?
