Åland Oven Pancake

Sweden and Finland are pretty big on their oven pancake (pankaka or pannukakku). To me, the variant originating from the Åland Islands of Finland is the best one and the ultimate evening sweet treat. So here is the recipe for your enjoyment :-)

A serving of Åland Oven Pancake with Raspberry Jam. 

Ingredients
1 pint milk
1/4 cup semolina*
1/8 cup brown sugar
1 teasp. ground cardamom / seeds of 10 cardamom pods
1 teasp. salt
1 teasp. cinnamon
1 egg
1/2 cup flour
Butter (for greasing the pan)

Price tag
About £5 to £10.

Instructions

1. Bring the milk to boil in a pan.
2. Add the semolina and simmer until the mixture thickens.
3. Let the semolina porridge cool down for 30 minutes. 
4. Preheat the oven to 200C.
5. Grease a baking pan with butter (or use a pan covered with baking sheet).
6. Add the sugar, spices, egg and flour** to the porridge and mix well.
7. Pour mixture to the pan and bake for 30-40 minutes.
8. Serve with fruit jam and/or whipped cream.

Wonder where one slice disappeared to... ;-)

Doll's Tips
* You can replace semolina with pudding rice and make the pancake from rice pudding instead of the semolina porridge.
** Some people add 50g of melted butter to the mixture as well but I don't think it is necessary. The pancake in the pictures was made without it but you may want to try it.

Sources
Valio - Ahvenanmaan pannukakku (in Finnish)