Swedish grandma's sugar treat

Axel loves this cake. We made it for him yesterday along with chicken pot pie which he had asked for.


The cake is with a topping of meringue and is so delicious I just have to post the recipe.

Cake:
3 dl sugar
75 g butter
5 egg yokes
6 dl flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 ½ tbs vanilla sugar
2 ¼ dl cold milk
3 tbs boiling water
2 tbs bread crumbs

Wip sugar and butter. Add yokes. Mix the dry ingredients. Then add flour and liquids to the egg mixture.

Butter cake pan and sprinkle with bread crumps then add dough.

Bake low in the oven at 200 degrees C for 15 min.

While baking make topping:
5 egg whites
5 dl sugar
1 1/2 tbs vanilla sugar
5 dl red currants.

Whip the whites. When stiff gradually add sugar. When fulled mixed fold in the currants.
Spread on the baked cake. Return to oven and increase the temperature to 250 C. Bake another 5 min.

I'm sorry about using metrics but it's a bit late and I'm tired.