Fastelavnsboller (Danish Carnival Buns)
This weekend is Shrove Sunday, and in Denmark (and some other Nordic countries), that means it’s Fastelavn, aka time for baked goods and fun traditions!
This weekend is Shrove Sunday, and in Denmark (and some other Nordic countries), that means it’s Fastelavn, aka time for baked goods and fun traditions!
Frikadeller, or Danish meatballs, are one of the most classic Danish dishes. They (obviously) aren’t a baked good, like most of our other recipes, but we just couldn’t stop ourselves from sharing!
These hindbærsnitter, or raspberry bars, are some of our favorite pastries of all time, mainly because they’re so simple. Made of buttery shortcrust pastry and tart raspberry jam, they’re the perfect treat!
These cardamom-spiced buns are probably one of our favorite sweet buns. And that’s hard for us to admit, as we’re Danish and these buns hail from Sweden.
Bread rolls truly must be the single greatest food on the planet. I mean, they’re like an individual serving of bread, but also like a tiny loaf of bread at the same time.
Kanelsnegle, or cinnamon snails, are a staple of Danish pastry and by far one of our favorite treats of all time. In fact, our first recipe we posted on this website was for kanelsnegle.
Often when writing these recipes, we run into the issue of translating the Danish name of the baked good into English (see our brunsviger recipe for reference). But luckily, this one is easy!
A roulade is not technically a Danish dessert, but we would classify it as a classic, favorite cake in both Denmark and in our family. It is similar to a Swiss Roll but without cream or meringue.
Tebirkes, like spandauer, is a type of Danish pastry that is very popular in Denmark. And as much as we love both spandauer and kanelsnegle, our favorite pastry is definitely tebirkes.