Swedish Summer Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. This vanilla cake with strawberry filling is the perfect way to celebrate any summer occasion.
Swedish Summer Cake
This is one of nigella lawson's recipe. I came across this recipe when I was going through my favourite cookbook, Nigella Kitchen. I fell in love with it instantly and guess what I was in the kitchen the next minute. Since I had all the ingredients on hand, I was able to make it.
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Ingredients for Swedish Summer Cake
For Cake:
- Eggs - 3
- Sugar - 1 ¼ cup / 250 grams (powdered)
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup / 120 grams
- Warm Water - ⅓ cup / 80 ml
- Baking Powder - 1 ½ tsp
For Custard Filling:
- Milk - 2 cup
- Readymade Custard Powder - 3 tblspn
- Sugar - 4 tblspn
Strawberry Layer:
- Strawberries - 2 cup chopped roughly +few more for topping
- Sugar - 3 tblspn
For Whipped Topping:
- Whipping Cream / Fresh Cream - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1 tblspn (Powdered)
This cake may look complicated because of the various steps. But it is so easy to put together. I divided the making of the cake in two days. First day, I made the cake and the custard filling. I put the custard filling in fridge and I left the cake at room temp. The next day I whipped up some cream and did the strawberry layer and put together the cake in a matter of minutes. This cake is so tasty you can never resist it.
The original recipe calls for the homemade custard sauce made with eggs, but I used readymade store bought custard powder to make things less complicated and I don't want to add extra eggs in the custard as well, since the cake has eggs in them.
The sweet custard and strawberries between layers of sponge cakes taste like heaven. This cake is called swedish summer cake which comes from sweden, they do this on summer with the berries which are available in those season. I used strawberries, you can use raspberry, blackberry or even blueberries if you can get your hands on them..
This cake fits for any special occasion, or you can make any day special with this cake. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
How to Make Swedish Summer Cake
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 180 Degree C. Line a 20 cm round cake tin with parchment paper, butter the side and bottom of the tin. Set aside till use.
- Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside. Warm the water in a sauce pan, set aside.
- Take eggs, sugar in a big mixing bowl, use a beater to whip this up till it is fluffy and pale in colour.
- Slowly add in warm water and use the beater to whip this up.
- Add in the sifted flour and fold gently. Once it is combined, pour this into the baking pan and bake this for 25 to 30 mins.
- Now remove the cake from oven and let this cool completely.
For Custard Filling:
- Take custard powder, sugar and ½ cup milk in a bowl. Mix well using a whisk.
- Take the remaining milk in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.
- Once it boils, add the custard milk mix slowly and keep mixing. It will get thick.
- Remove this to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, make sure the plastic touches the custard filling. Chill this till it is cold.
For Strawberry Filling:
- Take strawberries, sugar in a bowl and mix well. Leave this to sit for 10 mins.
- Now the strawberry must have given lots of its juices and become saucy. Set aside.
Whipped topping:
- Take whipping cream, sugar in a bowl. Use a beater to whip this till it is stiff.
- Put this in fridge till use.
For Assembling:
- Take the cooled custard filling, add a dollop of whipped cream in this and fold gently. Set aside.
- Take the cooled cake, slice it into three equal slices.
- Once slice on a plate, spoon some custard filling, spoon some strawberry filling, place another cake and repeat this till third layer.
- Now over the third layer, spoon the whipped cream and arrange fresh strawberries on top.
- Chill this for a hour before serving.
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Swedish Summer Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- For Cake:
- Eggs - 3
- Sugar - 1 ¼ cup / 250 grams powdered
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup / 120 grams
- Warm Water - ⅓ cup / 80 ml
- Baking Powder - 1 ½ tsp
- For Custard Filling:
- Milk - 2 cup
- Readymade Custard Powder - 3 tblspn
- Sugar - 4 tblspn
- For Strawberry Layer:
- Strawberries - 2 cup chopped roughly +few more for topping
- Sugar - 3 tblspn
- For Whipped Topping:
- Whipping Cream / Fresh Cream - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1 tblspn Powdered
Instructions
- For the Cake:
- Preheat oven to 180 Degree C. Line a 20 cm round cake tin with parchment paper, butter the side and bottom of the tin. Set aside till use.
- Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside. Warm the water in a sauce pan, set aside.
- Take eggs, sugar in a big mixing bowl, use a beater to whip this up till it is fluffy and pale in colour.
- Slowly add in warm water and use the beater to whip this up.
- Add in the sifted flour and fold gently. Once it is combined, pour this into the baking pan and bake this for 25 to 30 mins.
- Now remove the cake from oven and let this cool completely.
- For Custard Filling:
- Take custard powder, sugar and ½ cup milk in a bowl. Mix well using a whisk.
- Take the remaining milk in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil.
- Once it boils, add the custard milk mix slowly and keep mixing. It will get thick.
- Remove this to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, make sure the plastic touches the custard filling. Chill this till it is cold.
- For Strawberry Filling:
- Take strawberries, sugar in a bowl and mix well. Leave this to sit for 10 mins.
- Now the strawberry must have given lots of its juices and become saucy. Set aside.
- For Whipped topping:
- Take whipping cream, sugar in a bowl. Use a beater to whip this till it is stiff.
- Put this in fridge till use.
- For Assembling:
- Take the cooled custard filling, add a dollop of whipped cream in this and fold gently. Set aside.
- Take the cooled cake, slice it into three equal slices.
- Take once slice on a plate, spoon some custard filling, spoon some strawberey filling, place another cake and repeat this till third layer.
- Now over the third layer, spoon the whipped cream and arrange fresh strawberries on top.
- Chill this for a hour before serving.
Swedish Summer Cake Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Line a round baking pan with parchment paper and brush it with oil or butter |
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| Take flour in a sifter |
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| add in baking powder |
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| Sift them and set aside |
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| Mean while warm some water, the water should be only warm, not hot |
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| Crack open eggs in a large bowl |
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| add in powdered sugar |
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| use a electric beater and whip this up |
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| now it is nice and pale |
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| now pour in the warm water |
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| whip again |
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| Now add in the flour mix |
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| fold gently |
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| pour the entire batter in a round cake pan |
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| Bake them..Now let this cool down completely |
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| Lets make the custard sauce |
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| Take custard powder in a bowl |
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| add in sugar |
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| pour in some milk |
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| mix well, so no lumps are formed |
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| Now take the remaining milk in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil |
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| add in the custard mix |
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| mix well..keep mixing till it gets thick |
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| like this |
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| pour this in a bowl |
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| cover with plastic wrap, make sure the plastic touches the custard, this way a skin wont form on the top |
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| now take strawberries |
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| chop them roughly and take it in a bowl |
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| add in sugar |
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| mix well and set aside for 10 mins |
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| this is how it looks after 10 mins |
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| now take some whipping cream in a bowl and 1 tblspn of powdered sugar |
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| whip them |
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| now it is thick..set aside |
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| Now the custard must have cooled, add a dollop of cream into the custard and fold gently |
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| look how light it looks |
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| Now invert the cake |
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| peel off the parchment paper |
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| Use a knife to slice the cake in three equal parts |
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| Place one cake on a serving plate |
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| spoon some custard filling |
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| spread it out |
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| spoon some of the strawberries |
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| place another cake on top |
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| spread custard sauce |
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| spoon some strawberry filling |
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| place another cake on top |
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| spread with the whipped cream |
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| spread evenly |
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| now arrange some strawberries on top |
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| look at those beautiful layers |
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| enjoy |
Anonymous
very good
sindhuja
Excellent. ..nice explanation. ..keep up the good work...
Anonymous
Wow wow super cake ....awesome ....there is no oil or butter in cake is it true....totally fatless cake ....hats off to u...I want to tell u in FB there is euphoric delights pls post ur recipes in that ...so many people will try n they will be happy
Angel Mark
Love your recipes its easy to make and your instructions are easy to follow. Very talented. Thanks and good luck 🙂
Unknown
You have an amazing gift at cooking and baking. Keep up your good work of making happy tummies.
Anonymous
me live in sweden i try tiz really yummy
Anonymous
I made this cake for a dinner party and must say it was a huge success. its a yummy recipe and you had explained the stages really properly. I really loved this cake for all its sweetness and the tangy taste of strawberries which really come together beautifully. Now i am an avid follower of your blog. keep up the good work
sabrina ahmed
I luv all ur recipes..i started bakin frm ur recipes..i made this cake..but my cake was hard..is it becoz i didnt whip the egg nd sugar properly?for how long should i whip it..nd also for how long should i whip the mixture aft pouring water??sry for the silly queries..im new bakin that is why..thnx
Aarthi
@sabrina ahmedyes whipping the eggs with sugar till it is fluffy is the key for softness, it makes the cake rise..
saman
thanks for the awesome recipe
plz plz tell me my baking oven is out of order these days can i make it in microwave oven??
if yes then for how many mins?
saman
thanks for the awesome recipe
plz plz tell me can i make this cake in the microwave oven
as my baking oven is out of order
if yes then for how many mins
thanks
Aarthi
@samanif u have microwave convection oven, you can bake, same time
Anonymous
Aarthi can i make it without eggs
Regards
Avni
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes u can, but you to use my eggless vanilla cake as the base
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi pl send me the link for eggless vanilla cake or pl post it on ur wall once again
Thanks & regards
Avni
Aarthi
@Anonymoushere is the linkhttps://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/07/eggless-vanilla-cake-recipe-eggless.html
Anonymous
Thanks a lot Aarthi
Ananta
Can we add tutti fruity to this baked cake? Sorry for asking the off beat question!!!...I wanted to bake the tutti fruity cake with egg recipe and find this cake easier to bake..wanted to know if it would go with it..thanks..
Aarthi
@Anantayes you can add tutti fruits in them too
Anonymous
hi aarthi..want to try this cake fr my sis birthday but dont have strawberries...which other fruit wud go well with the custard.. apple mayb?..do we hv to follow the same method as we do for strawberries?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyou can use any fruits as you like
Anonymous
Ok..grt..thanks aarthi..
arun prasath
Hi !! the cake looks wonderful !! am gonna try this one . . can u pls tell me if it is ok to bake this cake without oil, butter, curd ? will this cake not get dry soon ? please reply . . am planning to do this this weekend
Aarthi
@arun prasaththe recipe is good. the cake will get moist when u pour the strawberries over it and it will be moist since it is covered with fresh cream. You can brush some sugar water over the cake if you want to
Trivani Nandy
Hi Aarthi,
The cake looks yummm.. Planning to prepare it. 🙂 Had two questions 😀
1. Is it ok if I dont use the parchment paper while baking. Or it is necessary?
2. Can I keep the cake in the fridge after its done, or normal room temperature should be ok?
Trivani Nandy
One more question Aarthi.. Can this cake be done with any other flour other than maida?
Not aware of the All Purpose Flour. 😐
Esther
Why do we add warm water....
Esther
Baked Swedish summer cake for my birthday and it was simply super.. the more it is in custard the yummier it is and all of us had a yummy tummy.. thanks a lot for the recipe.. I didn't get strawberries so I put cherries but I don't think it matters as it made my day extra spl...
Daima Delights
Hi Aarthi,
The cake looks yummmy,the recipe is good,the cake looks wonderful !! am gonna try this one for sure,for my own company thanks for sharing the recipe of Swedish Summer Cake Recipe / Strawberry Cream Cake Recipe..