Smörgåstårta Swedish Sandwich Cake Food

SMORGASTARTA (SWEDISH SANDWICH CAKE)

Steps:

• Cut the edges from your round loaf to give you 2 inch high sides. Carefully remove the bottom crust and level the top. Slice the round into three even layers. Set the three bread layers aside.
• Make the Cream Cheese "Frosting" by beating together the cream cheese, sour cream, pepper, garlic, and salt using an electric hand mixer. The mixture should be soft and spreadable. Set the "frosting" aside.

HAM & EGG SALAD SMöRGåSTåRTA SWEDISH SANDWICH CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare Egg Salad: In a mixing bowl add chopped hard boiled egg, mayonnaise, scallions, mustard and lemon juice. With a wooden spoon mix ingredients until fulled combined. Keep cold in the fridge until ready to assemble the sandwich cake.
• Prepare German Ham Salad: In a mixing bowl add chopped ham, mayonnaise, pickles, cream cheese and sugar. With a wooden spoon mix ingredients until fulled combined. Keep cold in the fridge until ready to assemble the sandwich cake.
• Prepare Smörgåstårta "Frosting": In a mixing bowl use a wooden spoon to combine cream cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise and dill. Keep cold in the fridge until ready to assemble the sandwich cake.
• Slice bread loves horizontally to assemble an easy rectangular layered sandwich cake. Cut off the bread crusts and use them to make homemade bread crumbs (we're a no waste kitchen).
• Place the first slice of whole wheat bread on a rectangular serving platter. Spread some of the Smörgåstårta Frosting all over the bread slice.
• Top icing layer with egg salad mixture and spread evenly.
• Add a layer of rye bread and gently press onto egg salad. Top with more Smörgåstårta icing and top with German ham salad.
• Continue alternating whole wheat bread slices and rye bread slices with the two creamy cold salads.
• Once you've added the last bread slice to the top of the sandwich cake, smear with creamy frosting.
• Surround the rim of the cake with quartered cherry tomatoes. Decorate the interior space with thinly sliced lemons, cucumber and radish.
• Use a palette knife to smear the remaining icing on the sides of the cake. Lightly pat finely chopped chives to the sides of the cake. The fresh herbs should stick to the icing.
• Store Smörgåstårta in the fridge until ready to serve. Plate as you would a traditional dessert cake.

SMöRGåSTåRTA (SWEDISH SANDWICH CAKE)

Steps:

• Use a biscuit cutter or large glass to cut the bread into rounds so that you have 18 rounds of bread.
• Chop fennel and asparagus into chunks, reserving the asparagus bulbs for later. In a food processor, mix fennel, asparagus, cream cheese, mayonnaise, dill, and capers.
• Spread cream cheese filling onto 12 of the bread rounds and stack to 6 sandwiches. Top each one with another plain bread round.
• Use a hand blender or mixer to whip the remaining cream cheese and sour cream together. Spread sour cream mixture around the outside and top of the cakes.
• Press spinach leaves around the outside of the cakes.
• Decorate the top of each cake with a shrimp or slice of salmon, half of a boiled egg, and asparagus buds.
• Garnish with dill sprigs and/or lemon slices.