Most Norwegians refer to kvæfjord cake (kvæfjordkake) as simply verdens beste, or the world’s best cake. In fact some of my friends here in Norway didn’t even know that verdens beste is officially called kvæfjordkake. Now personally, if I were to give any cake the title of world’s best cake…
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Continue ReadingI had been waiting until Easter to bake a suksessterte (also called suksesskake and gulkake, or success cake in English), mostly because it’s a festive yellow, but I couldn’t wait any longer so I made it a few days early. But this way you’ll have time to get the ingredients…
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Continue ReadingMy friend Lisa celebrated her birthday here in Bergen last week, and she kindly let me bake a cake for her birthday party (so that I could share the recipe on this blog). Lisa is allergic to nuts, and I quickly realized that most of my favorite Norwegian cakes contain…
