Smörgåstårta (Swedish Sandwich Cake)
Smörgåstårta, or smørbrødterte in Norwegian, is a savory cake made of several layers of different sandwiches and decorated with cream cheese, vegetables, and seafood or cold cuts and cheese.
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Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 24 slices white bread
Filling 1
- 3 tbsp crème fraîche
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 150 g smoked salmon
- 50 g arugula
Filling 2
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp fresh dill or chives
Filling 3
- 125 g cream cheese
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 200 g peeled shrimp
- 50 g arugula
Topping
- 250 g cream cheese
- 4 tbsp crème fraîche
- 1 boiled egg
- 1 cucumber
- 4 radishes
- 1/2 lemon
- 5 slices smoked salmon
- 100 g peeled shrimp
- fresh dill
Instructions
- Cut off the crusts of the bread slices. Arrange six slices of bread in a rectangle on a platter.
Filling 1
- Mix the crème fraîche and Dijon mustard together and spread evenly across the rectangle of six bread slices. Add the smoked salmon in an even layer and top with arugula. Add six more slices of bread on top.
Filling 2
- Peel the boiled eggs and mash them together in a bowl with the crème fraîche, mayonnaise, mustard, and dill (or chives).
- Spread the egg mixture evenly across the rectangle of bread slices. Top with six more slices of bread, pressing down slightly.
Filling 3
- Mix the cream cheese together with the crème fraîche and spread the mixture evenly across the rectangle of bread slices. Top with shrimp and arugula. Add six more slices of bread on top, pressing down slightly.
Topping
- Mix the cream cheese and crème fraîche together and spread the mixture in an even layer over the top and sides of the cake. Add some toothpicks on top and cover in plastic wrap. Let the cake set in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Slice the boiled egg, cucumber, radishes, and lemon. Decorate the top of the cake with the egg, smoked salmon, shrimp, cucumber, radishes, and fresh dill. You can add some dill or arugula to the sides of the cake as well.