Address: Gagnheiði 15, Selfoss [Sold at Kolaportið Flea Market]
Website: n/a
Style: Icelandic
Price: $$
This is another bakery I spotted last year, but only got a chance to try this time around. Kökugerð HP (selling under the sign "Selfoss Flatkökur" in the food court area weekends at the flea market) is a bakery from good old Selfoss (I have many, many wonderful memories of Selfoss, though I never found the original location of this place and whether they actually have a store in town), without a doubt most known (or so they themselves claim) for their "flat cakes", which are like browned, thick crepes, more savoury than sweet. This browned taste is a distinctive feature and uh, they're worth a try. :) However, I wasn't interested in flat cakes! (mainly because I had bought a big pack at the supermarket two days earlier ;D) The one minus of the flea market is that everything is sold "club pack". They have traditional doughnuts, all sold in big bags (around 500kr) as well as breads, pound cakes, and other goodies.
Absolutely intent on sharing the Icelandic baked good... love, I couldn't help but try the apple cake ("eplakaka"; 600kr for a large tin that can be split 4-5 ways). Good, simple ingredients and an undeniably home baked taste: soft, airy cake topped with baked-in apple sauce, cinnamon and sugar. Not much in the looks department, this was so good in taste. Perhaps a little more apple sauce would have been nice, but the dough was so tasty nonetheless. Not too sweet, nice and soft. Even if you're not checking out the other stalls, it's worth popping in to sample these guys. :) Rating: ***
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