Retro Food

"Rullekake" or Roly Poly is a typical example of a cake from the 70's! And it is my mother-in-law's favourite... I made it for her about 20 years ago and she has been dreaming about it since. Well, I have now made it twice since Christmas and she is very happy! You can fill it with almost anything, jam, berries, chocolate etc. Her favourite is very indulgent with whipped cream and bananas. It is so quick and easy to make - done in about 30 mins (promise!). I normally use a recipe from an old (and now very retro) cookbook my mother gave me many years ago - "Haugeund Husmorskole's Kokebok", but also found the recipe below on the web.

Ingredients:

4 eggs

175 gr sugar

75 g flour

60 g potatoeflour

0,5 teaspoon of baking powder

1. Whisk eggs and sugar so they are very fluffy

2. Add the dry ingredients

3. Pour the mixture to a rektangular tin covered in baking parchment

4. Put in the middle of the oven at about 220 degrees for about 5-10 minutter
5. Take a piece of baking parchment and cover it with sugar
6. Whent the cake is done, bring it out and turn it upside down on the sugar

7. Ta the baking parchment off the baked cake and roll it in the sugarcovered paper and let it cool

8. Once it is cool you can gently open it again and fill it with your desired filling.

9. Ensure the ends are tucked under the cake

The cookbook is a great read (no pictures!!!) of how we cooked in Norway from 1950-1980s. I always use it for more traditional Norwegian dishes - foolproof it is!