Description
Rich and spicy cake with a beautiful striped look.
Ingredients
Scale
- 650 g butter, room temperature
- 18 egg yolks
- 9 egg whites
- 600 g sugar
- 2 bags of vanilla sugar (or 2 tsp vanilla extract)
- 300 g flour
- 6 tsp cardamom powder
- 5 tsp cinnamon powder
- 2 tsp mace powder
- 2 tsp nutmeg powder
- butter and flour for the form
- butter for brushing
Instructions
- Cream the butter until light and fluffy.
- Whisk the egg yolks and whites together with the sugar and vanilla sugar.
- Add the flour, fold through gently.
- Add the creamed butter, mix.
- Divide the batter over two bowls. Add the spices to one, mix.
- Preheat the oven to 150C.
- Prepare a spring form with butter and flour.
- Spoon 1/2 cup of the unspiced batter into the form and let it spread.
- Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Spoon 1/2 cup of the spiced batter on top of the first layer and let it spread.
- Bake 10 minutes.
- Place after every 4 layers a piece of baking paper on top and use the round side of a spoon to rub the cake firmly. Remove the baking paper and brush the cake with a little butter.
- Repeat this until both the batters are finished.
- Leave to cool in the form. Spekkoek can be stored at least a week when wrapped securely. To serve, cut thin slices and serve with coffee, or with some whipped cream as a dessert.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Baking