An old-fashioned cake recipe found on jacobs.no
Spicy cakes like this are perhaps mostly associated with Christmas and winter here in Scandinavia, but this cake tastes just as nice with a cup of tea or coffee in spring and summer as well.
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Scandinavian Farmhouse Christmas Cookies / Bondekaker til Jul
Farmhouse Christmas cookies found on mills.no
These farmhouse cookies are flat and rectangular shaped small cakes with clearly visible pieces of almonds. The recipe came to Norway from Sweden after the WWII and we find it for the first time in Gyldendal’s large cookbook from 1989. The cakes are still popular both in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. This recipe gives about 80 cookies.
Norwegian Christmas Cake / julekake
A classic cake recipe foubd in “Mat for Alle” (Food for Everyone)
Published by Tiden Norske Forlag in 1985
This type of Norwegian Christmas cake is a strange phenomenon, as we really bake it all year long. It is largely for sale in the stores all year too. And we call it Christmas cake whenever we eat it. It is mostly served either with just butter, or with butter and brown cheese. The name is so incorporated in people my age’s everyday speech that I do not think we really remember that the name really has to do with Christmas.
Norwegian Sister Cake / Søsterkake
A nice old-fashioned cake recipe found in “Gjærbakst”
(Yeast Baking) pyblished by Hjemmets Kokebokklubb in 1979
A delicious and easy variation on the Norwegian Christmas Cake from back when Granny was young. The cake tastes best fresh, but is suitable for freezing. Thaw it and heat it lightly in the oven before serving and it tastes almost fresh as new.
Karlsbader Wreath / Karlsbaderkrans
A wreath recipe from “Mine Lekreste Kaker” (My Most
Delicious Cakes) published by Teknologisk Forlag in 1994
Holiday Cake / Helligdagskake
A cake recipe found in “Coconut – Sun Sweetness From
The Tropics” published by Franklin Baker Company in 1928
Since our National Day is only four days away here in Norway
I thought it appropriate to post a holiday cake to day so
my Norwegian visitors had time to bake it
Ted
Pinza – Venetian Cornmeal Cake / Maismelkaker fra Venezia
A classic Italian cake recipe in a modern version
found on epicurus.com
Venetian Cornmeal Cake is a very old recipe, modernized here by Mary Ann Esposito. The dense cornmeal cake is full of dried fruit and nuts. The cake is rustic in appearance and refined on the palate.
Crostata Dolce di Ricotta – Italian Curd Tart / Italiensk Osteterte
A delicious Italian tart recipe from “The Sainsbury
Book of Italian Cooking” published in 1979
Farmhouse Cookies / Bondekaker
A classic Swedish cookie recipe found on mills.no
Farmhouse cookies are flat and round cut cookies with distinct pieces of almonds. The recipe came to Norway from Sweden after WWII and we find it for the first time in Gyldendal’s large cookbook published in 1989. The cookies are still popular both in their native Sweden and in Denmark as well. 1 serving of this recipe makes approximately 80 cookies.
Small Succulent Fruit Cakes / Små Saftige Fruktkaker
A really juicy cake recipe found on Allers/KK
Bake these delicious cakes in small moulds, it will make them so much nicer to put on the tea table, but you can also use two oblong cake moulds.
Baking Soda Cake / Natronkake
A baking recipe found in”Husmorens Store Kokebok”
(The Housewife’s Big Cook Book) published in 1963
Queen’s Gingerbread / Dronningens Krydderkake
A recipe from medieval times found on theguardian.com
A dark, highly spiced slab gingerbread (what the Elizabethans would have called a sweetmeat) that’s rather firm like panforte, and ever so good cut into small diamonds to serve with brandy after dinner.
Traditional Rich Fruit Cake / Tradisjonell Saftig Fruktkake
A classic fruitcake recipe found on about.com/food/
The success of this deliciously rich, moist cake lies in soaking the dried mixed fruits in strong dark tea the evening before; the tea adds a subtle depth of flavor to the cake. For this reason you will need a little advance planning to allow time to soak the fruits. It is worth it though so don’t be put off.
Florentines / Florentinere
A classic cookie recipe found in “Harrods Cookery Book”
published in 1985
Florentines are a luscious mixture of nuts and dried fruits, coated on one side with sem i-sweet chocolate.
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