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Trilogy of Scandinavian Breads Part 1: Rye Bread
Scandinavians are known for being big bread lovers! Besides our famous open-face sandwiches, our breakfasts and evening snacks often consist of hearty breads topped with a variety of meats, cheeses, jams, and vegetables. What distinguishes breads...
Norvegan Strawberry Rullekake
Rullekake, otherwise known as a roulade or Swiss roll cake, is a simple yet versatile and delicious cake based on sukkebrød which we call a sugary sponge cake and is the base for Norwegian bløtkaker and marzipan cakes as well. Rullekake is typically layered with jam...
Whole Grain Breakfast Rolls With Carrots
Norwegian breakfast rolls or rundstykker are a classic on most breakfast and brunch tables at home, as well as in restaurants, cafes, and hotels. Besides the breakfast table, these rolls are served on koldtbord (“cold buffet”), as an accompaniment to soups, stews,...
Norwegian “Sunshine Sweet Rolls” to celebrate spring
With Easter fast approaching and the first day of spring coming up next week, my mind goes to foods that reminds me of the bright sunshine, and "solskinnsboller" definitely fits the season. Decadent, fluffy cardamom buns with a "sun" in the middle of vanilla custard,...
Norvegan Sørlandsboller
The upcoming “Fastelavn” in Norway where we gorge on cream puffs made me think of the decadent “Sørlandsboller”, which are filled with vanilla custard and topped with melted chocolate. It also inspired me to play around with different types of recipes for cardamom...
Vegan Kvæfjordkake
Kvæfjordkake, also known as ‘verdens beste’, the world’s best cake, is Norway's national cake. Based on a sponge cake, it is layered and filled with whipped cream mixed with vanilla custard and topped with a ‘lid’ of meringue sprinkled with sliced almonds. Many would...
Pairing Ice Cider with a Norvegan Apple Cake
This is part 3 of a series of blog posts featuring the wonderful products from Eden Ciders. There’s a saying that goes “as American as apple pie” that I’d like to tweak for the purpose of this blog post to “as Norwegian as apple cake.” There is hardly a cake that is...
Norvegan Kålruletter
When I asked my sister in Norway the other day if she had ever made kålruletter she responded “not since home economics in high school!”!We had a good laugh. While this is a well known dish in Norway, it’s by many considered ‘old fashioned’ and what was typically...
Spring Salad with Scandinavian-Spiced Chickpeas
Even though it’s still snowing in Norway while I write this (yes, it can snow in May!), I am getting the spring feels here in New York as we enter a new month. The farmer’s markets around my area are slowly filling up with spring produce like scallions, asparagus,...
Tropisk Aroma Cake
Tropisk Aroma (tropical aroma) is a classic on Norwegian cake tables. It’s a juicy and flavorful chocolate cake that many Norwegians associate with a visit to their grandmother. It’s in many ways old fashioned, but still a very popular cake today that evokes dear...
Norvegan Marsipankake
In honor of my new webshop that launched yesterday, I needed to make a decadent recipe that celebrated some of Norway’s most famous recipes: the marzipan cake! Did you know that nearly half of all cakes sold in Norway are some version of ‘marsipankake’? That’s one...
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Tilslørte Jordbærpiker
I’ve previously written about the old classic Norwegian dessert “Tilslørte Bondepiker” loosely translated to “Vailed Farm Girls”. The traditional recipe contains apples in the form of applesauce, layered with breadcrumbs and whipped cream, and served in a nice...
Norvegan Strawberry Rullekake
Rullekake, otherwise known as a roulade or Swiss roll cake, is a simple yet versatile and delicious cake based on sukkebrød which we call a sugary sponge cake and is the base for Norwegian bløtkaker and marzipan cakes as well. Rullekake is typically layered with jam...
Vegan Kvæfjordkake
Kvæfjordkake, also known as ‘verdens beste’, the world’s best cake, is Norway's national cake. Based on a sponge cake, it is layered and filled with whipped cream mixed with vanilla custard and topped with a ‘lid’ of meringue sprinkled with sliced almonds. Many would...
Spring Salad with Scandinavian-Spiced Chickpeas
Even though it’s still snowing in Norway while I write this (yes, it can snow in May!), I am getting the spring feels here in New York as we enter a new month. The farmer’s markets around my area are slowly filling up with spring produce like scallions, asparagus,...
Whole Grain Breakfast Rolls With Carrots
Norwegian breakfast rolls or rundstykker are a classic on most breakfast and brunch tables at home, as well as in restaurants, cafes, and hotels. Besides the breakfast table, these rolls are served on koldtbord (“cold buffet”), as an accompaniment to soups, stews,...
Pairing Ice Cider with a Norvegan Apple Cake
This is part 3 of a series of blog posts featuring the wonderful products from Eden Ciders. There’s a saying that goes “as American as apple pie” that I’d like to tweak for the purpose of this blog post to “as Norwegian as apple cake.” There is hardly a cake that is...
Tropisk Aroma Cake
Tropisk Aroma (tropical aroma) is a classic on Norwegian cake tables. It’s a juicy and flavorful chocolate cake that many Norwegians associate with a visit to their grandmother. It’s in many ways old fashioned, but still a very popular cake today that evokes dear...
Norwegian “Sunshine Sweet Rolls” to celebrate spring
With Easter fast approaching and the first day of spring coming up next week, my mind goes to foods that reminds me of the bright sunshine, and "solskinnsboller" definitely fits the season. Decadent, fluffy cardamom buns with a "sun" in the middle of vanilla custard,...
Norvegan Kålruletter
When I asked my sister in Norway the other day if she had ever made kålruletter she responded “not since home economics in high school!”!We had a good laugh. While this is a well known dish in Norway, it’s by many considered ‘old fashioned’ and what was typically...
Norvegan Marsipankake
In honor of my new webshop that launched yesterday, I needed to make a decadent recipe that celebrated some of Norway’s most famous recipes: the marzipan cake! Did you know that nearly half of all cakes sold in Norway are some version of ‘marsipankake’? That’s one...