Kransekake

Kransekake is fat-free, flour-less and made with almonds. In Norway, this extraordinary cake is also called tower cake (tornkake), because it resembles a tower.

Who doesn't want to serve an elegant dessert?

This traditional Norwegian cake is served at many celebrations such as weddings, birthdays, Christmas, 17th of May (Syttende Mai), Norway’s Constitution Day or any time as a special treat.

Kransekake(left)

The cake is easy to make using the special baking rings.
Baking Molds (left).

If you don't have the baking rings/molds,place baking paper on top of cookiesheets and form 18 rings in graduated sizes to build the tower.

Ingredients:
18 ounces (500 gram) ground almonds
18 ounces (500 gram) powdered sugar
4 egg whites

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 300°F. (150°C.)

Whip egg whites some, but not till foamy. Add powdered sugar and egg whites gradually to ground almonds. Work dough until pliable. Wrap dough in plastic and keep in fridge over night. It will be easier to work with dough when chilled.

Sprinkle forms lightly with cream of wheat or farina. Form dough into rolls the size of your finger and place into ring-shaped forms.

This recipe will make 18 rings, which is standard.

Bake for 20 minutes in middle of oven. Let rest a few minutes before taking cakes out of forms.

Frosting/frosting (glasur):
4.4 ounces (125 gram) powdered sugar
2 teaspoons meringue (egg white)powder*
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon water

* (2 teaspoons meringue powder is equivalent to 1 egg white.)

Mix together and place frosting into pastry decorating bag. Apply as "cement" or "glue" in a zigzag pattern between layers as you build cake.

If you want your cake less sweet, use only a few dots frosting on the rings.

Small Norwegian flags and colorfully wrapped candy
is used to decorate this cake.

How about decorating with flags from your country?

World Flags
on Tooth Picks. (left)

To serve cake: Place lace doily on a serving plate. Transfer cake to the middle of the plate. Break the largest rings into pieces first and arrange around cake along with wrapped candies. The Norwegian flags are inserted into the cake. See picture above.

Have fun baking this traditional Norwegian wedding and Christmas cake.

Happy Kransekake!

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