Skuffukaka
HB-3826 · Hand-built original · Icelandic
An Icelandic chocolate cake made with coffee and skyr, baked in a rectangular pan and covered with cocoa frosting.
IcelandicSnackServes 15358 kcalVegetarian
Main ingredient: c
Servings:15quantities adjust to match
Ingredients
- 10½ oz sugar
- 6¼ oz unsalted butter, melted
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 8¾ oz flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 2 oz cocoa powder
- 2/3 cup cold coffee
- 3/4 cup plain skyr
- 4 oz salted butter, very soft or melted and cooled
- 1½ oz cocoa powder, for the frosting
- 10 oz powdered sugar
- 2-4 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- Heat the oven to 400°F and grease a 9x13-inch pan.
- Sift the flour, 2 oz cocoa, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and soda together in a medium bowl.
- Beat the sugar and melted unsalted butter together, beat in the eggs one at a time, whisk the coffee and skyr together and add the dry mixture and skyr mixture alternately, beginning and ending with dry, until blended.
- Pour into the pan and bake for 25 minutes until a toothpick in the centre comes out clean, then cool completely.
- Beat 1½ oz cocoa into the salted butter, beat in half the powdered sugar, add vanilla and 1-2 tbsp milk and beat well.
- Add milk a little at a time until the frosting is fluffy and spreadable, spread over the cake and serve.
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
358 kcalCalories
5.4 gProtein
62.4 gCarbs
12.2 gFat
6.8 gSaturates
4 gFibre
19.7 gSugars
341 mgSodium
51 mgCholesterol
336 mgPotassium
91 mgCalcium
1.9 mgIron
1 servingServing
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data