Greenlandic Coffee & Cake
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recipe by Arousing Appetites http://arousingappetites.com/
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- Total Time
- 1hr 30mins
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- Serves
- 8
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- Calories
- 519
You see, the kaffemik itself is much more than the special coffee or coffee cake that we’ll show you here. It is as much about social institution as it is about food. The idea of a kaffemik is to host an intimate gathering with friends and family in which there happens to be yummy foods to snack on and hot drinks to keep warm. As a way to demonstrate status, the host will provide food and drink for the entire kaffemik – sometimes even taking up to several days to prepare! – in anticipation of accommodating their local community. Nowadays, it’s less for the entire local community and more for your friends and family, but the kaffemik still remains a very intimate, social and localized tradition.
Inspired by: https://arousingappetites.com/kaffemik-greenlandic-coffee-cake-kaagiat/recipe updated 14 Oct. 2020
Ingredients
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- Water
- 300 ml
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- Active dried yeast
- 115 g
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- Coconut sugar
- 100 g
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- Butter
- 115 g
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- Raisins
- 85 g
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- Pastry flour
- 365 g
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- Powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon
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- Ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon
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- Milk
- 1 tablespoon
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- Hot coffee
- 960 g
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- Whiskey
- 120 ml
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- Kahlua
- 120 ml
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- Grand marnier
- 120 ml
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- Whipped cream
- 15 g
Tools
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Oven
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Whisk
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Wooden spoon
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Glass measuring cup
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Small bowl
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Baking dish - 2 quart
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Large mixing bowl
Step preview
- Pre-heat oven - 200°C
- Add water and active dried yeast to a clean small bowl without stirring
- Set aside
- Add coconut sugar, butter, raisins and water to a clean large mixing bowl
- Stir until melted
- Transfer water to dough
- Whisk slowly
- Add pastry flour to the dough gradually while whisking
- Mix well and set aside and let rise - approx 30 min
- Knead into a circle - approx 3 min
- Prepare a clean baking dish
- Transfer dough to baking dish
- Bake - approx 25 min, 200°C
- Add powdered sugar and ground cardamom to a clean small bowl
- Combine
- Set aside
- Brush with milk generously
- Transfer sugar mixture to cake then set aside
- Add hot coffee, whiskey, kahlua and grand marnier to a clean glass measuring cup
- Mix well with tablespoon
- Slice cake
- Pour liquid
- Top with whipped cream to taste
- Serve