Kladdkaka is a famous Swedish cake and similar to an underbaked brownie.

Simple to make but keep an eye on it in the oven – if too runny it is a  mess, if overbaked – stodgy and dry. Still tasty,  but believe me it is better sticky!

I add muesli to my  Kladdkaka for the crunch, use half the sugar as compared to traditional recipes and coconut flour to make it more healthy.

And I love to decorate it with whatever I have at hand.

Now go try it!

Ingredients
150 grams butter
3 eggs
1,5 dl / 0,6 cups sugar
1 dl / 0,4 cups regular flour
2 dl / 0,8 cups coconut flour
1,5 dl / 0,6 cups unsweetened cocolate powder
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
2 table spoons of your favorite muesli
1 pinch of salt
Red currants or raspberries for decoration

Cooking
1. Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F
2. Melt the butter, let cool while you:
3. Whisk the eggs with sugar until fluffy in a big bowl.
4. Add the butter, whisk again.
5. The traditional recipe tells you to mix all the dry ingredients separately but I just add them to the original bowl. So add flour, cocoa, vanilla sugar, muesli and salt. Mix it all together.
6. I use a form 22 cm / 8 inches in diameter, and line it with brown baking paper.
7. Pour batter into form, bake in the lower part of the oven for about 12 minutes. Time can vary, so keep an eye on it. The cake should be sticky, but not runny when cool.
8. Enjoy freshly made as it is, with vanilla ice cream or with whipped cream.

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Have you heard of nutrient density? I had not until a couple of days ago – but when I did it was an aha moment!

This is how Mariette Leufkens explains it in her recent blog post:

“Nutrient density refers to the amount and variety of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals and phytonutrients) carried by each calorie of that particular food.

Calories consumed from spinach or sweet potatoes are much more nutrient-dense than calories consumed from a processed, low-fat high sugar donut.

Micronutrients feed complex information to your cells, through vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. Every bite you eat sends a set of coded instructions to your cells that can create either health or disease. Some calories are addictive, others are healing, some calories are fattening and some boost your metabolism.

Nutrient-poor foods on the other hand, like sugar and processed foods … are the empty and addictive calories, the ones that make you sick tired and fat because they contain no nutrients.”

So thi is what it means that not all calories are created equal.

I started googling and apparently, the are several Nutritional rating systems, points and stars based on scientific algorithms, to tell how you the nutritional density (value) of different foods.

This is so exciting because it means there are more tools than I knew for my own and my kids education and daily use.

And since I understand the world best through a spreadsheet I will/must make one to compare them. Then it is done I will make sure to share it with you.  And if you want to make sure you receive it just send me an email to: hello @ katerinacronstedt.com

Until then – eat your greens! ?