Scandinavians really love using cardamom in baking, as you can see by how often cardamom makes an appearance in my baking recipes here. And while I do love a hint of cardamom in my school bread, cinnamon buns, and sun buns, I also love when cardamom gets to take center…
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Continue ReadingDanish lagkage, or layer cake, is probably the most popular birthday cake in Denmark, but you’ll see it at all sorts of celebrations in Scandinavia. It’s simple, but oh so delicious, and very reliable. Lagkage is a vanilla sponge cake with layers of raspberry (or other berry) jam and vanilla…
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Continue ReadingLast summer I spent a few days in Copenhagen on my way home from visiting Greenland, and of course I ate as many delicious Danish pastries and treats as I could. And after leaving Denmark, one Danish dessert that I couldn’t stop thinking about was their pandekager, which are super…
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Continue ReadingOn Tuesday my friend Åsne’s dog Kaos turned nine years old, which was a great excuse to bake a cake (for the humans celebrating). Yes, I’m finding lots of excuses to bake cakes these days. Summer always puts me in the mood for coconut, so I decided to make a…
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Continue ReadingMy 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…
