Yet another Swedish pastry day has come. We had the Gustav Adolf Day, we had the Kladdkaka (chocolate mud cake) Day and today we have the Ostkakans (cheesecake) Day!!

Ostkaka literally translates to “cheesecake”. Do not confuse it with the American cheesecake though. It’s more similar to the German cheesecake (“Käsekuchen”). It originates from Småland, and there is a similar variant in Hälsingland.

The Swedish dish has a firm consistency and subtle, creamy taste. It is usually eaten lukewarm with different jams, fruits, whipped cream or ice cream. I love eating freshly baked cake out of the oven or when it’s lukewarm, my friends prefer eating cake cold though. I often get weird looks for wanting to eat my cake warm so I am glad that you are actually supposed to eat Ostkaka warm. How do you prefer you cake? Tell me in the comment section 😉

Ostkaka is usually made by using rennet to milk and letting the its casein coagulateIn and then adding flour. In the following recipe we took cottage cheese as our base instead since its easier to purchase.

The traditional version from Småland contains added almonds, bitter almonds, eggs, cream and powdered sugar. Its consistency is more grainy than in the Hälsingland version.

In the version from Hälsingland you do not use almonds. Slice the baked cake, add some cream to the cake slices and let the whole thing get warm in the oven. The cake is served with a berry sauce or with cloudberry jam and cream.

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Swedish cheesecake or Swedish curd cake, is a Swedish dessert. The dish has a rather firm consistency and subtle, creamy taste with a hint of almonds. It is usually eaten lukewarm with different jams, typically cloudberry, cherries or strawberry though lingonberry is often used, as well as fruits, whipped cream or, more rarely, ice cream

Yields6 Servings
1

Set the oven to 175 °. Beat together eggs and sugar. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.

2

Pour a greased ovenproof form and bake in the middle of the oven 35-45 min. Serve the cheese cake lukewarm and with ice cream and jam.

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Directions

1

Set the oven to 175 °. Beat together eggs and sugar. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.

2

Pour a greased ovenproof form and bake in the middle of the oven 35-45 min. Serve the cheese cake lukewarm and with ice cream and jam.

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Sources
https://www.schwedenstube.de/blog/ostkaka-der-smalandische-kasekuchen/ https://www.arla.se/recept/enkel-ostkaka/