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Äggakaka
Thick Scanian egg cake of eggs, flour and milk, served with crisp bacon and lingonberry jam.
About Äggakaka
Äggakaka is the thick egg cake of Skåne in southern Sweden, traditionally eaten as a filling lunch or dinner. This profile follows Swedish Spoon's stovetop version, selecting bacon from its pork-or-bacon choice and butter from its frying-fat choice.
Egg and milk make the cake rich and gently savoury, while wheat flour gives it more body than an omelette. Crisp bacon adds salt and smoke, and optional lingonberry jam supplies the customary sharp-sweet contrast.
The egg cake is thick, round and golden on both faces, with a tender, softly set interior. Bacon is served over or beside it, while the ruby lingonberry jam remains a distinct optional accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg, Wheat, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Äggakaka
Swedish Spoon's Stovetop Skånsk Äggakaka with Bacon.
- BaconTraditional crisp savoury accompaniment
- EggsRich egg-cake base
- SaltSeasoning
- Wheat flourThick pancake structure
- MilkFluid dairy batter
- ButterPan-frying fat
- Lingonberry jamTraditional tart-sweet side · Optional accompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Bacon: . The recipe offers sliced pork or bacon; this profile fixes bacon
- Eggs:
- Salt:
- Wheat flour:
- Milk:
- Butter: . The recipe offers butter or neutral oil; this profile fixes butter
- Lingonberry jam (optional):
Origins & food traditions
Swedish food-history writer Isabelle Fredborg supplies a complete stovetop Skåne egg-cake recipe and documents historical and modern serving practices. Visit Skåne independently identifies äggakaka as a traditional regional thick pancake of egg, flour and milk, conventionally served with fried pork or bacon and lingonberry jam.
Countries
- Sweden
- SwedenCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Swedish Cuisine
- Scanian Cuisine