Sandwich cake

Smörgåstårta is one of my favorite things ever and is so underrepresented in Swedish food culture internationally. Everyone knows of meatballs, makes faces when trying herring, and raves over the candy but this perfect celebration food is never talked about. Many where I live never knew that it even was a thing. A cake that’s a sandwich? What? This recipe is written by Ingrid Schatz in collaboration with Axelsdotter Bakery.

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It’s good to be back home and at my computer blogging. I took some time off to care for my dad who was ill, but thank God he is on the mend and feeling better. I wanted to share some gorgeous…

[IMAGE] Sachin stood out during bread week with his cake take on this classic sandwich. ► Watch Bread Week (Season 2, Episode 3) Sachin's muffuletta cake was a standout showstopper during Bread Week.

This is a real treat of a recipe that brings me back to my childhood. A sandwich cake is a savoury cake often served at birthdays and festivities here in Sweden.

If you wanted to make it into Guinness Book of World Records, what would you do? Well, in 1985, a man named Hasse 'Hasse P' Pettersson decided that he would put his slandered hometown Köping on the map again by making the world's longest sandwich cake, or smörgåstårta. The record-winning cake turned out to be 510 meters and 69 centimetres, or 1675 feet and 5 inches. And yes, the record still stands. Sandwich cakes are popular for graduation parties, daytime wedding receptions, and birthday…

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