My Aunt Hege and her family visited me in Bergen last week, which was the perfect occasion to bake another cake! I wanted to make something simple but super flavorful, so I decided to go for cardamom cake. Cardamom cake is especially popular in Sweden for fika, which is the…
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Continue ReadingKladdkaka (or kladdkake in Norwegian) is somehow both the best Swedish chocolate cake and the easiest chocolate cake to make. In fact this is one of the easiest cakes ever to make. How fortunate! Kladdkaka is also made with staple ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen, so…
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Continue ReadingAfter making lomper I of course had to buy a package of hotdogs to have some traditional Norwegian hotdogs in lomper. And then while I was in the supermarket I spotted some shrimp and thought I could maybe whip up some Skagenröra to add to the hotdogs. And then once…
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Continue ReadingIt’s summer in Scandinavia, and that means everyone here is eating lots and lots of Skagenröra, or Swedish shrimp salad. You can buy ready made Skagenröra in Scandinavian supermarkets, and it’s also a staple on menus in Scandinavian restaurants, especially in the summer. But as is so often the case,…
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Continue ReadingYes my name is Silvia, but no, I did not name silviakaka, or Silvia cake, after myself. Silviakaka is named after another Scandinavian Silvia, Queen Silvia of Sweden. I first heard of Silvia cake from a Swedish colleague when I worked in a supermarket my first year living in Norway.…
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Continue ReadingWe’ve had beautiful weather here in Bergen the past few weeks, which has meant lots of brunches outside in the sun. And one of my favorite Scandinavian brunch staples is Toast Skagen. Toast Skagen is made with toasted white bread topped with a heaping portion of Skagenröra, which is a…
