with Anette Larsson
Today is my birthday! This birthday cake brings me back to my childhood, so I just have to share it with you. This is a Swedish Princess Cake which is a classic Scandinavian torte with layers of sponge cake, strawberry jam, vanilla custard and whipped cream. On top is marzipan tinted green. This cake has [...]
When you get served an Apple cake (or Äppelkaka / Æblekage) in Scandinavia, then you know the fall is here. Today is September 1st and to me, that is fall. Now when I live in Florida, the weather doesn't give me the same feeling of fall, but this apple cake does. 😉 I grow up [...]
The Swedish "Smörgåstårta" or Sandwich Cake, is a savory sandwich cake that you might have heard about at IKEA... and then I am not saying "Smörgåsbord", which is something else. The Swedish Sandwich Cake is a savory cake made out of layers of bread, filled with layers of different fillings and decorated with either fish, [...]
This is one of my favourite cookies from Denmark. It's very simple but sooo delicious. It’s basically two pieces of sweet short crust pastry, baked, then layers with raspberry. Then it's topped with a nice layer of white icing and finished with some freeze dried raspberries. In every city, and almost in every area in every [...]
This reminds me a lot about my childhood and my grandma. She used to bake coconut macaroons (Kokostoppar) in our summer house. The lemon flavor gives a freshness and is a perfect combination to the coconut. These cookies are gluten free and sooo delicious. I decided to dip some of them in chocolate. 🙂 Ingredients [...]
I can't get enough of baking my own bread (so I know what ingredients it has). Therefore, here comes another recipe. This is a perfect recipe to have ready for the family breakfast. It's just a small amount of yeast, some greek yoghurt which gives the softness together with the crispy crust sprinkled with rolled [...]
In most countries we eat hot dogs, that is just how it is. But a hot dog is nothing without a bread roll. The most famous Scandinavian hot dog must be the one from IKEA for under $1. But when we eat hot dogs, I prefer to make my own rolls to them. Here is [...]
I love to bake carrot cake, and also to eat it. I think it is so smart to use vegetables to create a specific sweetness, juiciness and taste in a cake, where you normally would add more sugar to find. I know this cake is very common in USA, so what is the difference to [...]
Typical Swedish sponge cake is the one we call Tiger cake. The pattern is the reason to the name... It is a soft but still creamy, simple cake. To avoid a sponge cake to get dry and stay soft; 1. make sure to take it out of the oven on time (never wait too long)), [...]
Pizza is very common fast food in Scandinavia. But nowadays, a pizza doesn't mean unhealthy anymore. This pizza is gluten free and the pizza crust is made out of cauliflower. I promise you, even the people who normally say they don't like cauliflower will love this pizza. In this recipe is also a home made [...]
Scandinavian Simple Eating 