spettekaka

Swedish

spettekaka

Alternative forms

• spettkaka (more standard Swedish form)
• spettekaga (more Scanian form)
• spiddekaga (even more Scanian form)

Etymology

Compound of spett (“spit, skewer”) +‎ -e- +‎ kaka (“cake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²spɛtɛˌkɑːka/

Noun

spettekaka c

1. 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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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^[3]:

     – 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^[4]:

     På bordet står en spettekaga.

     On the table is a spit cake.

Declension

Declension of spettekaka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spettekaka	spettekakas
	definite	spettekakan	spettekakans
plural	indefinite	spettekakor	spettekakors
	definite	spettekakorna	spettekakornas

References

• spettkaka in Svensk ordbok (SO)