Smörgåstårta: the Swedish bread cake
If you’re looking for an unusual party snack, then you shouldn’t miss out on this delicious Swedish bread cake. The smörgåstårta (loosely translated as sandwich cake) consists of toast and several savoury fillings. You can either leave the outside plain or decorate it to your heart’s content with herbs and vegetables. Find out how to make your own Swedish sandwich cake here.
Smörgåstårta Recipe
- approx. 15 Slices Toast
- 3-4 Avocados
- 150 g Smoked salmon
- 0,5 Spring onion
- 400 g Sour cream
- 500 g Cream cheese
- 150 g Cottage cheese
- 60 g Cheddar
- 1 Clove of garlic
- 100 g Plain yoghurt
- 1 Bunch Dill
- 0,5 Tsp. Mustard
- 1 Tbsp. Wild chives
- 1 Pinch Salt and pepper
- Herbs and vegetables as desired
- Spring form or loaf tin
- Ingredients
- approx. 15 Slices Toast
- •3-4 Avocados
- •150 g Smoked salmon
- •0,5 Spring onion
- •400 g Sour cream
- •500 g Cream cheese
- •150 g Cottage cheese
- •60 g Cheddar
- •1 Clove of garlic
- •100 g Plain yoghurt
- •1 Bunch Dill
- •0,5 Tsp. Mustard
- •1 Tbsp. Wild chives
- •1 Pinch Salt and pepper
- • Herbs and vegetables as desired
- Utils
- Spring form or loaf tin
The smörgåstårta consists of 3 different creams on the inside and one on the outside. For the first cream, cut the salmon into cubes and mix with cottage cheese and mustard. Then season with salt and pepper. For the cheese cream, mix 100g cream cheese, 200g sour cream and the grated cheddar and season with salt and pepper. Then mash the avocados, press a clove of garlic and chop half the spring onion and mix with 200g sour cream. Flavour with salt and pepper. Finally, mix 400g cream cheese and 100g natural yoghurt for the outer cream.
Place the toast in the mould and cut to size if required. Layer the cheese, salmon and avocado cream as desired and separate them with a layer of toast. Then place in the fridge for half an hour.
Remove the bread cake from the fridge and spread with the remaining cream. Decorate with herbs and vegetables as desired. Radishes and carrots are particularly popular. Enjoy your meal!
Bread cake as an alternative to cream cake: the perfect party dish
Smörgåstårta is a favourite at any party! The fact that you can vary the fillings freely means that the Swedish sandwich cake can be perfectly adapted to different preferences and diets. If you want to make the cake vegetarian, for example, you can use a beetroot or cucumber cream.
Incidentally, smörgåstårta loosely translates as sandwich cake. However, it is also often referred to as Scandinavian bread cake. The Swedish version often contains fish such as salmon or tuna. Dill is a particularly good accompaniment. Crab is also a good decoration or filling.
Decoration ideas for your smörgåstårta
Not sure how to decorate your Smörgåstårta? You can find some inspiration here. Vegetables that are particularly popular are cucumber and tomato slices. Herbs such as dill or parsley are also very effective on the outer cream, especially when finely chopped.
If you want to make the smörgåstårta even richer by decorating it, then hard-boiled and sliced eggs are recommended. Ham and cheese are possible as well. To give your sandwich cake a fruity flavour, you can combine the whole thing with lemon slices.
