Norwegian Culinary Delights: Blotkake

A simple Blotkake

This round of culinary delights presents a Norwegian birthday and celebration treat. Indeed, if something needs to be celebrated the chances of consuming some blotkake are good. Blotkake actually means "moist cake" if you translate the work directly to English. The moisture component of this cake is largely due to the light sprinkling of fruit juice (such as that found in canned peaches or pears) or milk on the cake itself as it is being assembled. It is common to fill whipped cream and an assortment of fruit and/or berries between the two layers of fairly standard cake. Finally the cake is spread with whipped cream and topped with more fruit and/or berries depending on what you placed between the layers. The cake above is very simple with only strawberries as a topping, but for fancier occasions more elaborate fruit displays are created. The toppings are often reflective of the region of the country you are in or the season. My personal favorite is blotkake with a marzipan lid, which is the same as described above with the addition of a thin sheet of marzipan draped over the cream layer on the outside of the cake.
There may an occasion worthy of a marzipan lid coming soon so stay tuned for that, it is a beautiful sight. As well I plan to document the works of art created by the local cake shop in Liedekerke in a few weeks. I like cake.