Being half Finnish, about a fourth Irish, and 1/4 chicken noodle soup, I celebrate any and all holidays! Since it's St. Urho's Day (read about it
here) I wondered if I had ever made a Finnish cake. I did the usual Google search and found a
recipe that sounded good and had some favorable reviews. Another plus: I had all the necessary ingredients.
As I headed to the kitchen, I remembered that I have a couple of Finnish cookbooks. I decided to check them out before I got started.
Lo and behold, the older cookbook had the exact recipe I had just found online. And, surprise surprise, I had made Kermakakku before. Mmm :) The wonderful thing about having a really deficient memory is that everything is always new and exciting! Yay!
Fortunately I still had some cardamom seeds. I don't worry about grinding them in my coffee grinder because cardamom is pretty good in coffee, too.
Cake is pretty:
Tastes good, too:
It just needs a big, green plastic grasshopper on top. Maybe next year.
