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Happy marriage cake

Oven
190 °C190 °C (375 °F)
Tin
22 cm9 in

Ingredients

  • 360 g butter, softened13 oz butter, softened
  • 300 g sugar11 oz sugar
  • 420 g plain flour15 oz plain flour
  • 225 g rolled oats8 oz rolled oats
  • 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1 egg
  • about 240 g jam ('++': a little more is fine. Rhubarb jam is traditional.)about 8 oz jam ('++': a little more is fine. Rhubarb jam is traditional.)

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 190°C and grease the tins.Heat the oven to 375 °F and grease the tins.
  2. Mix the flour, oats, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Rub or work in the butter and egg to make a crumbly dough.
  3. Press dough into the base of the tin: about 350 g for one 20 cm tin, or about 550 g for one 24 cm tin. Two 22 cm tins work best.Press dough into the base of the tin: about 12 oz for one 8 in tin, or about 1¼ lb for one 9 in tin. Two 9 in tins work best.
  4. Spread the jam (about 240 g) over the base, then dot about 240 g of dough in small lumps over the top.Spread the jam (about 8 oz) over the base, then dot about 8 oz of dough in small lumps over the top.
  5. Bake at 190°C for about 55 minutes on the second-lowest oven shelf.Bake at 375 °F for about 55 minutes on the second-lowest oven shelf.
  6. Take the cake out of the tin after 10 minutes.

Notes

  • Use the K-beater (flat paddle) on the stand mixer, not the whisk.

As she wrote it
Her page in the recipe book
Hjónabandssæla.
Taka úr formi eftir 10 min.
360gr. smjör — 300gr. sykur 420gr. Hveiti - 225gr. Haframjöl 1 1/2 tsk. natron - 1 egg ca. 240gr. sulta ++ Sulta + deigklattar efst.
190°C. ca. 55min. í næst neðstu Rim. 240 deig ofaná 1x20cm. form (350gr) … deig í botn 1x24cm. -"- (550gr) … Best 2x22cm. / sinnum einf. (or þykktin) á hæðina.