Norwegian Fastelavnsboller (Buns with Jam and Cream)
Getting ready for Fastelavn It’s February now, after the always-too-long month of January, which means we’re getting ready for Fastelavn. What is Fastelavn, you may …
Getting ready for Fastelavn It’s February now, after the always-too-long month of January, which means we’re getting ready for Fastelavn. What is Fastelavn, you may …
There’s no better feeling on those summer nights than enjoying dinner followed by a lovely summery dessert. So, here’s our list of our 5 favorite Scandinavian summer desserts!
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 …
Flavors and Colors of Spring It’s March, which means spring is (almost) here. This recipe was actually created last month, in the lead-up to Valentine’s …
If you have any experience with Scandinavia in January and February, you’ll know that it’s the time of year for people to go fastelavnsboller-crazy.
For us, the taste of raspberries brings back countless wonderful memories. We used to pick raspberries in the woods in Denmark with our morfar (grandfather), wearing long sleeves and long pants so we didn’t get pricked by thorns or stung by stinging nettles.
Pavlova tends to be classified as a summer dessert. Why? Well, we love to top it with berries, which are at their ripest and most delicious in the summertime.
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.
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.