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Rye Cakes

Rye cakes from Erken's "Stor kokebok" 1914: 1.25 kg rye flour and 250 g wheat flour set with 80 g yeast and 1 liter water or milk. The dough is proofed in two stages, shaped into round or oblong cakes, brushed with water, pricked with five holes and baked about 30 minutes in a fairly hot oven.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 539 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Flat rye cakes of coarse bread dough are among the simplest bread types in Erken's baking chapter. The dough can be set with water or milk, and the cakes are pricked with five holes before baking – an old hallmark of flatbread cakes from griddle baking.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Set the yeast

    Mix and sift the rye and wheat flour. Dissolve the yeast in ½ liter lukewarm water or milk, stir in about ½ kg of the flour mixture and let the pre-ferment rise for ½ hour.

  2. 2

    Make the dough

    Stir the salt into the rest of the liquid and stir this into the dough. Work it well, and add the rest of the flour, or enough flour that the dough becomes suitably cohesive.

  3. 3

    Proof

    Let the dough rise for ½–1 hour.

  4. 4

    Shape the cakes

    Work the dough well and long, about ½ hour, and shape round or oblong cakes. Brush them with water and place them on a greased baking sheet.

  5. 5

    Final proof and bake

    Let the cakes rise ½ hour, prick five holes in the surface and bake them in a fairly hot oven (about 220 °C (430 °F)) for about 30 minutes.

Changes from the original

Measurements have been converted to modern units (1 dessert spoon ≈ 2 tsp salt), "fairly hot oven" estimated at 220 °C (430 °F). Otherwise the method is unchanged.

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To19141949Modernised
1949 (proofread, p. 624) → 1914 (proofread, p. 539)~33% of the text changedremovedadded
1 l. vann vand eller melk 80 gr. gjær 1 dessertskje dessertske salt 1¾ 1¼ kg. rugmel ¾ ¼ kg. hvetemel. Gjæren opløses i ½ l. vann vand eller melk, tilsettes tilsættes ½ kg. av det blandede, siktede sigtede mel, står staar til hevning hævning ½ time; saltet has haves i resten av melken, dette røres i deigen, arbeides godt; resten av melet has haves i, eller så saa meget mel mel, at der blir en passe sammenhengende sammenhængende deig; deigen settes sættes til hevning hævning ½—1 time; arbeides godt og lenge længe — ½ time —, lages til runde eller avlange kaker, overstrykes med vann, settes på vand, sættes paa smurt plate, heves hæves ½ time, prikkes på paa overflaten, 5 huller, og stekes i temmelig varm ovn ca. ½ time.

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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to make the rye cakes?
Count on about 3 hours in all: ½ hour to pre-ferment the yeast dough, ½–1 hour to rise the finished dough, ½ hour of kneading, ½ hour to rise the shaped cakes, and about ½ hour of baking.
Which flour and how much is used?
1¼ kg rye flour and ¼ kg wheat flour, with 1 liter water or milk, 80 g yeast and 1 dessert spoon of salt. The amount of flour is adjusted so the dough becomes suitably cohesive.
Why are the cakes pricked before baking?
The recipe says the cakes are brushed with water and pricked with 5 holes in the surface before they go into a fairly hot oven for about ½ hour – the holes keep the cakes from rising unevenly or becoming bumpy.
Where does the recipe come from?
From Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), page 539.

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