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Princess cake or Princess Torte [1] [2] (Swedish: prinsesstårta) is a traditional Swedish layer cake or torte consisting of alternating layers of airy sponge cake, pastry cream, and a thick-domed layer of whipped cream. The cake is covered by a layer of rolled marzipan, giving it a smooth, rounded top.
A cake traditionally made with a pound each of its four main ingredients (flour, butter, eggs, and sugar); today, ingredient proportions vary. Princess cake: Sweden: A cake with alternating layers of sponge cake and whipped cream followed a layer of fresh raspberries and a layer of custard; all these layers are topped with a layer of marzipan.
Marsipankake (Norwegian, "marzipan cake"), also known as marzipan princess cake or hvit dame ("white lady"), is a dessert from Norway featuring layers of sponge cake, vanilla cream, various puddings, jams, and other additives before being topped in a layer of marzipan. [1] [2]
The bakers were given 3 hours for the challenge. The technical challenge was set using one of Mary Berry's recipes for a Swedish Princess cake, Prinsesstårta. The recipe is the most complicated yet, requiring 26 separate ingredients with 14 stages, and to be completed in 2 1 ⁄ 4 hours.
Fruits featured in recipes include blackcurrant, apples--specifically of the åkerö variety, [3] cherries, lingonberries, raspberries, gooseberries, and pears. Another strong influence on Swedish pastries is the practice of fika. Fika is a custom involving enjoying coffee, small pastries, and quiet time to recover from everyday stress.
Genuine Swedish husmanskost used predominantly local ingredients such as pork in all forms, fish, cereals, milk, potato, root vegetables, cabbage, onions, apples, berries etc.; beef and lamb were used more sparingly. Beside berries and pears, apples are the most used traditional fruit, eaten fresh or served as apple pie, apple sauce, or
Mary Berry’s simple pancake recipe. Timings: Five minutes prep time, plus 30 minutes for the batter to stand, 10 to 12 minutes cooking time. Serves: 12 thin pancakes. Ingredients:
Traditional Swedish princess cake is typically covered with a layer of marzipan that has been tinted pale green or pink. Traditional Finnish Käpykakku is typically coated with a layer of marzipan, which is dark brown color and Conifer cone -shaped and spiky.