spettekaka
Swedish
Alternative forms
- spettkaka (more standard Swedish form)
- spettekaga (more Scanian form)
- spiddekaga (even more Scanian form)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²spɛtɛˌkɑːka/
Noun
spettekaka c
- a Scanian pastry, produced by pouring a batter of eggs, sugar and potato starch flour on a rotating skewer over a fire; spit cake
- Synonym: sockertopp (obsolete)
- 2002, “En liten tjuvtitt i tomtens Malmösäck [A sneak peek into Santa’s Malmö sack]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Där kan de i lugn och ro lösa sina personliga relationsproblem, äta spiddekaga, jaga luad ål och dricka Skåneakvavit.
- There they can calmly solve their personal relationship problems, eat spit cake, catch smoked eel and drink Skåne aquavit.
- 2002, “Skånskt hantverk som kräver känsla [Scanian craft which demands a feel]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Spettkaka är ett av de få svenska varunamnen som är skyddade av EU. Den måste vara gjord i Skåne för att vara värdig namnet.
- Spettkaka is one of the few Swedish brand names that are protected by the EU. It must be made in Scania to be worthy of the name.
- 2012, “Julmys vann över vindarna [Christmas coziness defeated the winds]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- – Utan spettekaka blir det ingen riktig skånsk julkänsla, tyckte hon.
- – Without spit cake there will be no real Scanian Christmas feeling, she thought.
- 2015, “Konsten vävdes samman med världspolitiken [Art was interwoven with world politics]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- På bordet står en spettekaga.
- On the table is a spit cake.
Declension
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | spettekaka | spettekakan | spettekakor | spettekakorna |
Genitive | spettekakas | spettekakans | spettekakors | spettekakornas |
References
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