NORWEGIAN CULTURE
Ingredients
For the Cake
Scant 2 cups flour
⅔ cup sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
Scant ⅔ cup unsalted butter
1 Egg
¾ cup lingonberry preserves
For the Icing
⅔ cup oatmeal
3 Tbsp butter
½ cup sugar
1 Tsp vanilla sugar (½ teaspoon extract)
For the Cake
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2
Combine flour, sugar, and baking powder then cut in the butter with pastry blender.
Step 3
Add the egg and mix well.
Step 4
Spread into a greased 8″x12″ pan.
Step 5
Spread the preserves over the batter.
Step 6
Bake 25-30 minutes, until golden. Cool in the pan.
The Norwegian Kitchen is available for purchase, through the Vesterheim Bookstore.
Vesterheim Museumsbutikk
523 West Water Street
Decorah, IA 52101
(800) 979-3346
www.vesterheim.org