![]() Preheat the oven to 180c or 160c for a fan assisted oven and grease a non stick ring mould (mine was silicone) or an 8” round cake tin lined, with a small tin in the middle that has been wrapped in baking parchment to create a ring shape after baking. Nauttia…or Enjoy as they would say in Finland xġ level teaspoon orange extract or the finely grated zest of two large orangesĥ0g hazelnuts, toasted and roughly choppedĤ0g chopped mixed peel (you can use glace cherries if you don’t like mixed peel) I have to say, I do prefer it to a heavy traditional English celebration fruit cake served at Christmas and it’s already a real winner in our family. Thankfully just about everything can be translated via the internet these days and although the recipe I found wasn’t completely ‘Anglicised’ it gave me enough of an idea how to create this light, buttery fig and hazelnut cake, simply dusted with icing sugar. I heard about this cake from Finland many years ago but was unable to find a recipe for it translated into English and unfortunately Finnish is most definitely NOT my second language. I am truly fascinated by other cultures at Christmas time- or it could just be that I’m ultra nosy! And the food that is traditionally served as part of the yuletide festivities. ![]()
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