Swedes 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 ReadingWhile Danes might be most famous for their pastries, they also make so many great cakes. And then there’s one cake that brings the best of both: brunsviger. Brunsviger is a yeast based coffee cake that’s a bit of a cross between a cake and a Danish, topped with a…
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Continue ReadingI’ve shared recipes for most of my favorite Norwegian cakes, including suksessterte, fyrstekake, and the world’s best cake. So of course I also had to share a recipe for Norway’s favorite celebratory cake, kransekake, which you’ll see here at Christmas, Norwegian weddings, and other celebrations. Kransekake, or “wreath cake,” is…
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Continue ReadingSweden has so many great cakes, but one of my favorites is kärleksmums, or “love treats.” This is a light chocolate cake topped with a dark chocolate coffee glaze and shredded coconut. It’s like the chocolate version of silviakaka, one of my other favorite Swedish cakes. Tips This is quite…
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Continue ReadingWith long, dark winters, I suppose it’s no surprise that baking is such an important part of Norwegian culture. What better to do on a snowy day than stay inside and bake up something delicious? Actually if you ask a Norwegian that question, they’ll probably say taking their cross country…
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Continue ReadingPerhaps the one dish I would most look forward to my Norwegian grandmother making every summer we visited her in Telemark was her rabarbrakake, or rhubarb cake. Well, she called it a cake, but I guess it might better be described as a rhubarb meringue pie. I’m a huge fan…
