This Toscakaka aka swedish almond cake topped with caramel almonds is rather the rage across Scandinavia. I am pretty clueless when it comes to football. My food obsessed brain can cope with almost any recipe (as long as you don’t mention the words macaroons) no matter how complex it seems. Yes it might not always look like it does in the picture, but I would pretty much get it. However, try explained the offside rule, the difference between the defender and the centre back and why some goals that look a lot like goals, are not actually goals and I am completely lost. My bestie pretty much shakes his head in exasperation as he explains the Euro match timetable, and how the winners are chosen, every single week.
What I did understand very easily was the Redmond EURO2016 Concept challenge, which was to cook something from one of the countries participating in to Euro 2016 football competition. I knew Sweden was one of the participants (hey bestie, some info stuck in my brain after all) and I knew I have been wanting to make a Swedish almond cake with caramelized almonds. So perfect timing This cake is called Toscakaka and is rather a big deal all over of Scandinavia. You can totally understand why after just one bite. Just think light fluffy sponge topped with crunchy caramel almonds. I took the liberty of adding in some cardamom just because I think it goes well with it. It is rich and you would only need a small slice at a time. Are you tempted?
Do pop over to the Redmond Euro2016 challenge to see all the other lovely Euro 2016 inspired recipes that they have made in their Multicookers. In the meantime here is how to make a Toscakaka – Swedish almond cake. Hope you try it and enjoy every mouthful. And after you do, why not visit a few more of my cake recipes?
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