Spanish Carrot Cake

This recipe is from Carlos’s Grandma. It isn’t a sweet carrot cake like we have in the US, its like a breakfast cake but if you put cream cheese frosting on it then it can be a desert cake.

Breakfast Carrot Cake

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup sunflower oil (or other vegetable oil)
• 2 grated carrots
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 Tbs baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk (if needed)

Mix wet ingredients together. Mix dry ingredients separately. Add dry ingredients to wet ones adding the milk if needed.

Bake at 170 for 40-50 minutes or until golden brown.

Danish Tea Cookies

These are crunchy cookies that are great as a snack or at “tea time.”

• 200 g butter
• 250 g flour
• 100 g. powdered sugar
• approx 50-gr. sliced or chopped almonds
• 1 egg (if using decorative method)!

Mix butter, sugar and flour together. Roll into a long roll that is narrow and long.  Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 8-24 hours.

Cut into 3 mm slices and place on a baking sheet. Beat egg and put a small amount on each cookie. Add Almond slice. The egg will make the almond stick. If you are short on time you can add chopped almonds to the roll and just cut and bake.  Bake at 200 C until golden.

Cut the roll in

Danish Spice Cake

This is a delicious spice cake! Easy and traditional Danish recipe.

Spice Cake

• 100 gr. butter or margarine (softened)
• 300 gr. Dark brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 250 gr. flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp cinnamon, all spice, cloves, ginger, cardamom,
• 50 gr. coconut flakes
• 1-2 apples chopped
• 100 gr. chopped almonds
• 1 dl milk (a little less than 1/2 cup)

Cream together butter, sugar and eggs in Tmix or with a hand beater. Add eggs 1 at a time.  Mix flour and baking powder and add the rest of the ingredients. Add dry ingredients little by little to wet ingredients and add milk near the end as needed for moistness.

Bake on 180 C. for 45-60 minutes in a cake pan.