Cinnamon layer cake with cream
- Oven
- 225 °C225 °C (425 °F)
Ingredients
Cake layers
- 4 eggs
- 135 g sugar5 oz sugar
- 3 tsp cocoa powder
- 4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves, level ('slf.' means a level spoonful)
- 75 g plain flour2½ oz plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Method
Cake layers
- Heat the oven to 225°C. Grease 3–4 round cake tins or line them with baking paper.Heat the oven to 425 °F. Grease 3–4 round cake tins or line them with baking paper.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar until very thick and pale.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, cocoa, cinnamon and cloves together and gently fold them into the egg mixture.
- Divide the batter between the tins to bake 3–4 thin layers.
- Bake at 225°C for about 8–10 minutes.Bake at 425 °F for about 8–10 minutes.
- Let the layers cool for a little while in the tins, then turn them out and let them cool completely.
Cream
- Whip some cream (about ½ litre, for example) and spread it between the layers and on top.Whip some cream (about 2 cups, for example) and spread it between the layers and on top.
As she wrote it
Kanilterta m/rjóma
4egg — 135gr. sykur — 3tsk. kakó
4tsk. kanill — 1slf. tsk. negull
75gr. hveiti — 1tsk. lyftid.
Stífþ. egg + sykur ⇒ bl. öllu varl. sm.
Baka 3-4 þunna botna
225°c ca. 8-10min. Láta
kólna smástund í forminu.