Spicy Cake with Honey / Krydderkake med Honning

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.

Norwegian Sweet Soup / Søtsuppe

An old-fashioned dessert found on thespruce.com

Dried fruit soup, known as “Søtsuppe” or “Sweet Soup” is a Norwegian favorite. Here’s a basic recipe – feel free to experiment with the types of fruit according to your taste and the ingredients you have on hand. The trick is to simmer the soup slowly to retain the shapes of the fruit. If most of the liquid were cooked out, this would be known as a fruit compote.

Cookie floaters lend an extra sparkle to Norwegian fruit soups and compotes. 

Rustic Tart with Raspberry and Sweet Cherries / Rustikk Terte med Bringebær og Moreller

A recipe for a tart like they made them in medieaval times
found on bama.no

A rustic tart with a crispy edge and juicy fill of raspberries and sweet cherries. The tart is simple to make and can be shaped to taste, no mould required. Mix in some extra flavors like vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom or grated orange peel in the filling if you like.

Veal Liver with Mushroom Sauce / Kalvelever med Sjampinjongsaus

A recipe found in  “Okse- og Kalvekjøtt” (Beef and Veal) published by Hjemmets Kokebokklubb in 1979

Old-fashioned Norwegian Apple Pie / Gammeldags Eplepai

A classic pie recipe found on frukt.no

Delicious hot apple pie. With ready-made puff pastry sheets, it’s easy
to make a delicious apple pie of the delicious “grandma” variety.

Norwegian Queen Jam / Dronningsyltetøy

An old-fashioned jam recipe found on frukt.no

A fresh and very delicious jam that combines the taste of blueberries and raspberries. A great sandwich spread, but also great for cakes and desserts.

Norwegian Red Currant Dessert / Ripsdessert

An old-fashioned dessert recipe found in “Desserter”
(Desserts) published by Hjemmets Kokebokklubb in 1981

The cream for this dessert tastes delicious poured over all manner of fruit and berries. The sauce should not stand too long after it is finished, no more than 3-4 hours.

Norwegian Boneless ‘Birds’ / Benløse ‘Fugler’

An old dinner recipe from a special issue of “Husmorens Kokebok” (The Housewife’s Cook Book) published in 1963

Boneless ‘birds’ is one of the old classic Norwegian meat dishes that is about to be forgotten. “Poor Man’s Birds”, slices of veal filled with bacon and parsley are worth the effort and taste delicious with stewed vegetables, boiled potatoes and sauce.

Norwegian Potato Waffles / Potetvafler

An old-fashioned waffle recipe found on norsktradisjonsmat.no

Left over potatoes turn into delicious waffles with this recipe. The first waffle iron was probably developed in the Netherlands and Germany in the 1300s. Cakes fried in irons were among the first cakes made in Norway, besides cakes fried on flatt stones and griddles. The waffle irons had long handles to make the user able to keep the iron in the fire.

This recipe is from the book “From oldemor’s kitchen” (From Great Grandma’s Kitchen), published by Østfold Associated Country Women in 1998.

Old-fashioned Norwegian Lemon Cake / God Gammeldags Sitronkake

A classic tea cake recipe found on mollerens.no

This is an amazingly good lemon cake made from a good old recipe.
The cake is soft and juicy and has a fresh and delicious taste of lemon.

Old-Fashioned Norwegian Lemon Mousse / Gammeldags Sitronfromasj

A classic dessert recipe found on frukt.no

Lemon mousse is a great old-fashioned dessert that deserves to be
added to the family menu again. Easy to make and it tastes heavenly.

Norwegian Semolina Pudding with Red Sauce / Semulepudding med Rød Saus

A good old-fashioned dessert recipe found on tine.no

A recipe for a Norwegian dessert classic from the old days. Unlike on workdays, it was only for the Sunday dinner one could treat oneself to eggs in the dessert.

That was one of my favorite desserts when I was a kid – Ted

Homemade Norwegian Christmas Sausages / Hjemmelaget Julepølse

An old-fashioned recipe for Norwegian Christmas sausages found on meny.no

Making home-made Christmas sausages like these is easier than you think! With this good old-fashioned recipe you will make sausages that tastes amazing. Enjoy them even in the weeks before Christmas. You can make them well in advance, they freeze very well.

Norwegian Hulda Cookies / Huldakaker

An old-fashioned cookie recipe found on mills.no

Hulda cookies are flat and round and made with a lot of spices, including cloves and cinnamon. Some decorate these cookies with half an almonds on top of each. A portion of this recipe gives about 50 cakes.

Traditional Norwegian Castle Roast / Slottsstek

A recipe for a classic Norwegian Sunday dinner found in
“Cappelens Kokebok” (Cappelen’s cook Book) published in 1995

Castle Roast is also called Manor House Roast – a nice old Norwegian recipe. The roast is served hot with sauce, boiled potatoes, vegetables
and cranberry jam or rowanberry jelly. A tasty spicy roast
when you want to do some extra out of a Sunday dinner.