Norwegian Cake Doughnuts Hjortebakkels Recipes

Steps:

• Beat eggs until lemon colored.
• Add sugar, flour, butter, whipping cream, baking powder, baking soda, lemon juice and zest and Cognac.
• Mix until stiff dough forms. Let dough stand overnight.
• Form into roll as big around as your finger.
• Cut into 3 inch lengths and form circles by over lapping ends.
• Or roll out 1/4 inch thick and cut with lightly floured doughnut cutter.
• Deep-fry at 350 degrees, turning frequently until puffed and brown.
• Sprinkle with sugar and cardamom to taste.

Steps:

• Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Whip crream and sour cream together.
• Sift flour, baking powder and cardamom together.
• Add alternately, with butter and cream mixture, to the egg mixture.
• Mix lightly together.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Roll out dough.
• Cut doughnuts.
• Reroll scraps and cut out doughnuts.
• Have oil at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Deep fry, a few at time, until golden, 3 to 4 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix eggs and sugar until it looks white.
• Melt butter/margarine and mix it in with the egg/sugar mix.
• Stir in flour, baking powder, vanilla sugar and cocoa, and then stir milk in gradually while still stirring.
• Stir until evenly mixed.
• Bake in a long shallow pan at 180 C or 350 F for 25 - 35 mins in the middle of oven. Let cool.
• Icing:.
• Melt butter/margarine and chocolate in saucepan.
• Mix in icing sugar, vanilla sugar and coffee.
• Stir until evenly mixed.
• Put icing on cake when it is cool. Optional: Decorate with coconut, grated almonds, icing sugar, or sprinkles.