It’s been so hot in Bergen this summer that I haven’t felt much like baking lately. But earlier this week I invited some people over and wanted to serve them an easy sweet treat, so I opted for one of the quickest and most delicious cookies I know: mandelsnittar, or Swedish sliced almond cookies. I love making Swedish sliced cookies because they’re so fast and easy. You don’t even have to form the cookie dough into individual cookies. Instead you simply roll the dough into two long logs and then slice up the cookies when they’ve finished baking. I’ve also…
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My friends brought me so many apples from Sognefjord that I feel like I’ve been baking apple desserts all month. And today I decided to make a Norwegian apple dessert that is both the tastiest apple cake I know AND the easiest to make! This easy eplekake, or Norwegian apple…
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Continue ReadingLast night I went to dinner at my friend Ida’s house, and I wanted to bring a dessert that looks pretty but that we could all eat with our hands without any big fuss. So I decided to make Danish flødeboller! Flødeboller are Danish marshmallow puffs made with baked marzipan…
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Continue ReadingSwedes take their fika coffee and cake break very seriously, so it’s no surprise Sweden is home to so many incredible cakes. And one of those cakes is toscakaka, or tosca cake. Tosca cake is a light sponge cake with a crispy caramelized almond topping. It sort of tastes like…
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Continue ReadingSwedes celebrate Fettisdagen, or Fat Tuesday, with the most delicious semlor. Semlor are sweet buns spiced with cardamom and filled with almond paste (or jam, if you prefer) and whipped cream. While they’re most popular to eat before Lent, semlor are so beloved in Sweden that you’ll now see them…
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Continue ReadingA kringle (also called klippekrans in Norway) is a yeast based pastry filled with cinnamon sugar, sort of like a wreath of connected cinnamon buns. In fact I developed this recipe from my kanelboller (Norwegian cinnamon rolls) recipe. This almond kringle is also filled with ground almonds, though you can…
