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Fruits featured in recipes include blackcurrant, apples--specifically of the åkerö variety, [3] cherries, lingonberries, raspberries, gooseberries, and pears. Another strong influence on Swedish pastries is the practice of fika. Fika is a custom involving enjoying coffee, small pastries, and quiet time to recover from everyday stress.
Ostkaka (pronounced oost-kah-kah), ost meaning "cheese" and kaka meaning "cake" in Swedish, is known as Swedish cheesecake or Swedish curd cake, it is a Swedish dessert that has its roots in two different parts of Sweden, Hälsingland and Småland, though there are some differences between ostkaka from Hälsingland resembling halloumi in texture, [1] and the soft-grained ostkaka from Småland. [2]
Krokan is a Swedish confection and a traditional dessert in the country. It is a multi-tiered pastry made from almond flour, constructed of thin pieces baked in decorative patterns. [1] The parts are then joined using melted caramelized sugar, assembled into a tower, and decorated with crisscross patterns [2] and marzipan roses.
Princess cake or Princess Torte [1] [2] (Swedish: prinsesstårta) is a traditional Swedish layer cake or torte consisting of alternating layers of airy sponge cake, pastry cream, and a thick-domed layer of whipped cream. The cake is covered by a layer of rolled marzipan, giving it a smooth, rounded top.
Saffranspannkaka or gotlandspannkaka (English: saffron pancake or Gotland pancake, Gutnish: saffranspannkake or saffranspannkakå) is a dessert from the island of Gotland, Sweden, and is considered one of their provincial dishes. [1] It is made of rice pudding, cream, milk, sugar, egg, chopped almonds, and saffron mixed together and baked.
A hacksaw blade is used to gently saw the dessert into serving-sized pieces, as it will crumble or shatter if a knife is used or too much pressure is applied with the saw blade. The world's largest spettekaka was baked in Sjöbo, Scania, in 1985, and is mentioned in the 1986 Guinness Book of Records. It was 3.6 m (12 ft) high and baked in one ...
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A semla, vastlakukkel, laskiaispulla, Swedish eclair, fastlagsbulle / fastelavnsbolle or vēja kūkas is a traditional sweet roll made in various forms in Sweden, [1] Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Estonia, [2] and Latvia, associated with Lent and especially Shrove Tuesday in most countries, Shrove Monday in Denmark, parts of southern Sweden, Iceland and Faroe Islands or ...