Vínarterta (, "
Vienna
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cake"), also known as Randalín (, "striped lady cake"), is a multi-layered cake made from alternating layers of
almond and/or cardamom-flavoured biscuit and prunes or sometimes plum jam, the filling usually including spices such as
cinnamon,
vanilla
Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'', primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (''Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia'').
Pollination is required to make the p ...
,
cloves, and
cardamom
Cardamom (), sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera ''Elettaria'' and ''Amomum'' in the family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. They are r ...
.
Other fillings such as
apricot and
rhubarb are less well known, but traditional going back to the 19th century. Vinarterta originated in
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
, but its name and composition both hint at Austrian roots. The recipe was brought to
Manitoba
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by Icelandic
immigrants to Canada
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, many of whom settled at
New Iceland
New Iceland ( is, Nýja Ísland ) is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba which was named for settlers from Iceland. It was settled in 1875.
Background
In 1875, over 200 Icelanders immigrated to Manitoba es ...
.
The cake is now better-known in the Icelandic communities in Canada and the United States than it is in Iceland.
The modern Icelandic cake differs from the traditional cake, with common substitutions for the
plum jam including cream or strawberries.
In New Iceland, substitutions for the filling are discouraged.
The cake is typically served in rectangular slices with coffee.
It can be iced with
bourbon Bourbon may refer to:
Food and drink
* Bourbon whiskey, an American whiskey made using a corn-based mash
* Bourbon barrel aged beer, a type of beer aged in bourbon barrels
* Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit
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flavored sugar glaze.
The cake's history was the subject of a
dissertation for a doctorate by historian Laurie Bertram at the
University of Toronto
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.
See also
*
Icelandic cuisine
*
List of cakes
The following is a list of types of dessert cakes by country of origin and distinctive ingredients. The majority of the cakes contain some kind of flour, egg, and sugar. Cake is often served as a celebratory dish on ceremonial occasions such as we ...
References
Further reading
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*Laurie K. Bertram. 2019.
Icelandic Cake Fight: History of an Immigrant Recipe" ''Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies'', Vol. 19 No. 4, Winter 2019; (pp. 28–41).
External links
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