I was recently telling a friend about my favorite Scandinavian recipes and I realized that so many of them are Danish! Even my favorite Norwegian Christmas cookies are originally from Denmark. And so I was inspired to bake some more Danish Christmas cookies – this time finskbrød. Finskbrød means Finnish bread, though it seems that this recipe does originally come from Denmark. And they continue to be popular Christmas cookies there. They are incredibly simple shortbread cookies made with just flour, butter and sugar – and then I like to decorate them with sliced almonds as well. I’ve also seen…
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Continue ReadingSome family friends were in Bergen last week, which was of course a great excuse to bake a cake. But I was also leaving for Portugal in a few days, so I didn’t want leftovers. So I decided to make my favorite Norwegian apple cake, which is small enough to…
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Continue ReadingIt’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…
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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…
