Alternative names Randalín Main ingredients Dough, plum jam | Type Cake Place of origin Iceland | |
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Similar Cacavellu, Cupcone, Marry girl cake, Maria Luisa cake, Flies' graveyard | ||
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Vínarterta (Icelandic: Vienna cake), also known as Randalín (striped lady cake), is a multi-layered cake made from alternating layers of white vanilla- or cardamom-flavoured shortbread and plum jam, the jam usually including spices such as cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. It originated in Iceland and was brought to Manitoba by Icelandic immigrants to Canada, many of whom settled at New Iceland.
The cake is now better-known in the Icelandic communities in Canada and the United States than it is in Iceland. The modern Icelandic cake differs from the traditional cake, with common substitutions for the plum jam including cream or strawberries. In New Iceland, substitutions for the filling are discouraged.
The cake is typically served in rectangular slices with coffee.
The cake's history was the subject of a dissertation for a doctorate by historian Laurie Bertram at the University of Toronto.