Silvia Cake

Submitted by cervantesbrandi

"This was given to me by a co worker from Sweden. This cake is wonderful with coffee or tea."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• Batter

• 2 eggs
• 7⁄8 cup sugar
• 7⁄8 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 cup hot water

• Icing

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar (vanilla bean that has been sitting in a bowl of white sugar for at least 48 hours)
• shredded coconut

directions

1. Heat yoru oven on 350 degrees.
2. Cream sugar and eggs, add the flour, baking powder and boiled water. Pour into a greased spring form pan.
3. Bake in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes.
4. Let cool on a wire rack.
5. To make the icing: Simmer butter, sugar, eggyolk and vanilla sugar on low heat while stirring constantly.
6. Spread the warm icing over the chilled cake.
7. Add shredded coconut on top, if desired.
8. Enjoy!