My friend Sam lives in Philadelphia and recently messaged me excited that she had found Norwegian brown cheese at her local Trader Joe’s. And then just a few days later my friend Ashley in Georgia sent me a photo of a block of Ski Queen brunost (brown cheese) she had bought. And so to celebrate I decided to publish a new brown cheese dessert: chocolate cake with brown cheese frosting! This is a simple chocolate cake based off of my kärleksmums recipe. It’s not too sweet and pairs perfectly with the distinct Norwegian flavor of the brown cheese frosting. A…
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Continue ReadingIt’s apple season in Norway, and after buying a large sack of apples at my local supermarket in Lofoten I decided to experiment with a new apple cinnamon bun recipe! I shared my recipe for these apple sauce kanelsnurrer (Scandinavian cinnamon buns) a couple of years ago, but this time…
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Continue ReadingAutumn is finally here and I’ve already pulled out my precious cans of pumpkin I have stashed in my cupboard (I was very excited to find canned pumpkin at a large supermarket in Tromsø in August). Scandinavians make the best kanelsnurrer, or cinnamon rolls. One of the most popular versions…
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Continue ReadingIt’s that time of year again when all of Norway is covered in blueberries. The other day I ran out of berries for my breakfast oatmeal, so I rerouted Alfie’s morning walk to the hillside behind our cabin in Vesterålen and sure enough there were plenty of blueberry bushes for…
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Continue ReadingI love baking with seasonal ingredients, and probably the one season I look forward to the most is rhubarb season! I love simply stewing rhubarb with some sugar and eating it over yoghurt or ice cream – in fact I’ve been having this little dessert each night since the first…
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Continue ReadingThe 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…