Swedish Spice Cake (mjuk Pepparkaka)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup cranberry jam
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 2 teaspoons baking powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda (i use baking powder)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease and flour a 8x4x3 inch loaf pan or an 8 cup round baking pan.
• 3 sieve flour with baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and cardamom.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 cream butter and sugar.
• 6 add the eggs, one by one, keep whipping.
• 7 add buttermilk and jam, mix.
• 8 add flour mixture and mix gently.
• 9 pour the batter in the prepared pan.
• 10 bake on lowest rack in the oven for about 50-60 minutes.
• 11 test with a skewer that the cake is done.