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February began and today it once again snowed in my hometown,
although rather weakly and possibly turning into a more watery sleet
later in the evening.
Today is February 5th, which in Finland is the Memorial Day of
Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), a Swedish-speaking Finnish
(Finland-Swedish) poet, regarded as the national poet of Finland.
For the sake of this, I decided to bake the muffin version of
Runeberg tortes, a Finnish torte traditionally eaten on this day.
Runeberg torte is a Finnish torte named after J. L. Runeberg, who, according
to the legend, regularly enjoyed the tortes, baked by his wife, along with punsch
for breakfast. Runeberg tortes are typically eaten only in Finland, especially on
February 5th and are generally available in Finnish stores from early January up
to February 5th. An exception to this is the city of Porvoo in the Uusimaa region
(about 50 km/30 mi east from Helsinki), where Runeberg lived for most of his life
and where some cafés have Runeberg tortes available all around the year.
The tortes were first sold under the name Runeberg torte by a Helsinkian pastry shop in 1865.
Runeberg tortes can be recognised from the fact that they have raspberry jam
encircled by a ring of icing on the top. The tortes are generally flavoured with almonds
as well as arrack and rum. Non-alcoholic versions of the torte can also be made by
omitting the arrack/rum or using another kind of moisturiser, such as juice.
Recipes for the Runeberg torte vary and are also made as muffins or cakes.
The muffin version I made is free of alcohol and lacks a moisturiser.
Not the most visually perfect (I'm no master chef), but tasty nonetheless,
and again, that is what matters to me the most. I also ran out of paper cups (lol),
while there was still dough left. But no worries, I had the excessive dough put
into a small baking tin to bake a small cake (seen on the blue plate in photo above).
The cake can also be decorated in a similar way to my Runeberg torte muffins.
On the right side of the photo above is also my piccolo kantele again. :3
One of the most famous works of J. L. Runeberg is his poem Vårt Land ("Our Land",
Finnish: Maamme) written in 1846. The first and the last stanza of the poem, with the composition
of composer Fredrik Pacius, are used as the (unofficial) national anthem of Finland.
INGREDIENTS
200 g margarine
2½ dl sugar
2 eggs
100 g chopped almonds
1½ dl breadcrumbs
2 dl wheat flour
1 tsp baking power
1 dl cream
Decoration:
1 tsp raspberry jam
white sugar frosting
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Melt the margarine in a bowl for about 2 minutes in
the microwave, using the melting program (low power).
2. Place the dry ingredients in a separate bowl
one by one and mix them.
3. When the margarine has been melted, take the margarine
bowl out of the microwave. Add the sugar in the margarine bowl
and whisk with an electric mixer until it's foamy.
4. Add the eggs one by one while continuing the whisking.
5. Add the cream and continue whisking.
6. Place paper cups (used for muffins and cupcakes)
onto a baking tray and use two spoons to dose the
dough into each paper cup.
7. Bake in the middle rack of the oven at 175°C for about 25 minutes.
8. Add a teaspoon of raspberry jam onto the tortes after they've cooled down.
9. Extrude a ring of sugar frosting around the raspberry jam on the tortes.
NOTES
Alternatively you can also use oven safe coffee mugs greased with margarine
and with breadcrumbs instead of paper cups to bake the tortes in. This will
likely help you make a torte closer to what it traditionally looks like.
Alternatively you can also use crumbs of gingerbread instead of breadcrumbs
for the dough. Graham flour can also be used in the place of wheat flour.
For the frosting, I used a pre-made sugar frosting in a tube.
The frosting required can also be made from scratch by
mixing ½ dl water and 2 tbsp brown sugar and putting
the frosting inside into a freezer bag with a small hole
cut into the corner of the bag.
If you are of legal age and want to try and bake more traditional looking
Runeberg tortes, flavoured with arrack, punsch or rum, here's one recipe
shared by K Ruoka (use the translator of your browser to translate in English).
If you're making the tortes with moisturizer, alcoholic or not, it's advisable
to let the tortes get more juicier overnight.
Vårt land är fattigt, skall så bli
för den som guld begär.
En främling far oss stolt förbi,
men detta landet älska vi.
För oss, med moar, fjäll och skär,
ett guldland dock det är.
”Our land is poor, so shall remain
for he who wants gold.
A stranger proudly travels past us,
but we love this land
For us, with moors, fells and skerries,
a goldland it still is.”
-Vårt land (”Our Land”), verse 2, J. L. Runeberg.
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