Kaffemik ja Kalaallit Kaagiat

In this time we are in Greenland and we are making typical sweet bread/cake, what Greenland people offering to quests in Kaffemik.

The idea of a Kaffemik is to host a gathering with friends and family in which there happens to be foods to snack on and hot drinks. Kaffemik is organized for different occasions as birthdays, graduating or any other family and/or other event.
Kaffemik is  informal social gathering. It’s common for guests to come and go as they please. Quests stay for 1-2 cups of coffee and some snacks.  It’s good etiquette for those who have been around longest to leave and make place to new quests.😊

More about Kaffemik you can read from here:
https://visitgreenland.com/articles/kaffemik-in-greenland/

A true favorite at any Kaffemik has to be the Kalaallit Kaagiat. Roughly translated, this refers to “Greenlandic cake,” since the Kalaallit are the largest Greenlandic Inuit ethnic group and Greenland’s other name is Kalaallit Nunaat . The cake itself is very easy to make.

I have this recipe with some modifiations made by me:

https://blog.arousingappetites.com/kaffemik-greenlandic-coffee-cake-kaagiat/

Ingredients:
360 g wheat flour
90 g brown sugar
115 g butter
60 g dried raisins
200 g boiling water
50 g lukewarm water
11 g dry yeast
0,5 tsp salt

For the cake topping:
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 205 C and grease pan with butter.
Start by taking a small bowl and sprinkling your dry active yeast over your 1/4 cup of lukewarm water, but do not stir! Simply let the yeast sit and bubble.
In a large mixing bowl, add your raisins, salt, sugar and butter. Once added in, pour in your cup of boiling water over all four ingredients.Mix until butter is totally melted.
Once fully melted, pour your lukewarm water and activated yeast into the mixture as well. Do check, however, that the water temperature in the main mixing bowl has reached closer to room temperature. 
Add flour to dough into parts and mix to even dough. Let the dough to raise 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, use your hands and knead your dough for at least 3 minutes.Add flour in time of kneading to table and hand, because the dough is quite sticky.
After kneading, form your dough into the shape of a circle and place into the oven. Let the cake bake for  30 minutes.
Take your cake out of the oven and while still hot, generously brush the top of the cake with tablespoon of milk.
While the milk is still wet on the top of the cake, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Next week we prepare Canadian food. 😊