Pandekagelagkage (Vanilla and Raspberry Pancake Layer Cake)
Birthday Cake – Lagkage or Kagemand? Lagkage or kagemand? Growing up, this was an easy question, as we always chose lagkage for our birthdays. It’s …
Birthday Cake – Lagkage or Kagemand? Lagkage or kagemand? Growing up, this was an easy question, as we always chose lagkage for our birthdays. It’s …
When we were coming up with ideas for how to tweak the basic version of a fastelavnsbolle, which is basically a soft cardamom bun with a vanilla cream filling, we immediately thought: why not just throw as much chocolate as we can into the mix?
If you have been around on Skandibaking for really any amount of time, you will know that a favorite Scandinavian combination of ingredients is fluffy dough and vanilla custard.
Although it is certainly not spring weather yet here in the UK or the US, it is that time of year where we are always hoping for a bit of sunshine to peek through the dreary end of winter.
Today’s recipe is exciting to share. We won’t claim to have invented these, since they are a somewhat basic concept and I’m pretty sure others have made them before us.
As we find ourselves still in the dead of winter, spring feels far away. However, we know that time flies and colorful flowers and green grass will be here before you know it!
As we have worked on this blog, many of our recipes, while they are our own way of doing things, are not anything new. We base our blog on many baked goods and desserts that already exist.
I have to admit that the end of summer actually makes me happy. When I was in school, it was always so exciting to start a new year! Plus, I prefer autumn and winter over summer in terms of weather anyway.
February in Scandinavia is the season of Fastelavn and fastelavnsboller. In Denmark, this holiday is similar to Carnival and involves children dressing up in costumes and hitting barrels filled with candy.