Kladdkaka (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 ReadingLomper are a staple in Norwegian kitchens, and once you learn how to make them I bet they’ll become a staple in yours. They’re tasty, versatile, and healthy. Lomper are soft potato flatbreads, sort of like tortillas, made from potatoes, a bit of all purpose and rye flour, and a…
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Continue ReadingMy parents were visiting me in Bergen last week, so of course I wanted to bake something special for them. And so I thought of fyrstekake, or prince cake in English, a Norwegian classic that I’ve been wanting to make for a while. Two of my very favorite Norwegian desserts…
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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.…
