The 17th of May, Norway’s Constitution Day, is just around the corner, which has me thinking about all my favorite Norwegian cakes. I was tempted to make Kvæfjordkake, also called verdens beste (world’s best), which really is one of the best cakes in the world. But right now I’m staying in a cottage in Lofoten with a tiny kitchen, so I decided to make something a bit more simple, but equally delicious: Budapest cake! And if you’re confused why I would bake a Hungarian cake for Norway’s national day, let me confuse you a bit more. Budapest roll cake is…
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Continue ReadingFor the past 10 days I’ve been staying at an Airbnb outside of Sandnessjøen on the Helgeland coast in Northern Norway. When I arrived here my car struggled up the driveway that was covered in thick snow and ice, but now all of the snow has melted and I just…
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Continue ReadingI’ve been in Sweden for the past week, and when I saw how lovely the kitchen was at the cabin I stayed at in Harads I knew I should bake something special. It was -30C (-22F) outside, so I definitely wanted something with warm winter spices. I decided to bake…
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Continue ReadingSome of the cutest Swedish Christmas cookies are schackrutor, or chessboard cookies. These are simple but tasty little cookies made with chocolate and vanilla flavored dough, layered to look like a chess or checkerboard. But more recently I’ve been seeing Swedes add two half circles to their checkerboard cookies to…
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Continue ReadingI recently shared a list of my favorite Christmas cookies with a friend and of course many on the list were Danish, because Denmark has the best treats. And I guess that makes sense, considering how much wealthier Denmark was than Norway before we found our oil. Denmark is a…
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Continue ReadingI was telling a friend about my favorite Scandinavian recipes and I realized that so many of them are Danish! Even my favorite Norwegian Christmas cookies are originally from Denmark. And so I was inspired to bake some more Danish Christmas cookies – this time finskbrød. Finskbrød means Finnish bread,…