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Hjonabandssaela (A Blessed Marriage Cake)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 cups oatmeal
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cups sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 8-10 oz. margarine
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • rhubarb jam

Directions

  1. Combine all dry ingredients and then blend in margarine and eggs.
  2. Mix well and press half of the dough into two 9-10 in. cake pans or pie plates.
  3. Then cover the dough with rhubarb jam. Topped by crumbling the rest of the dough on top of jam.
  4. Bake at 325-350 degrees F until golden brown. Best served lukewarm with whipped cream.
Yield
4-6