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Loaf cakes

3 recipes · Dessert cakes

3 loaf cakes recipes from the “Big Cookbook,” in the dessert cakes category. From Henriette Schønberg Erken's original text to a modernized version for today's kitchen.

  • Orange Cake

    Orange cake from Erken 1914: eggs and sugar whipped thick with grated orange zest and flour, baked in a hot oven and glazed with orange icing.

  • Banana Cake

    Banana cake from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): a butter cake baked in a loaf pan and decorated with split bananas and either cream or meringue.

  • Lucca Cake

    Lucca cake from Erken's Big Cookbook (1914): a rich chocolate loaf cake with melted chocolate, covered with apricot jam and stiffly whipped cream.