Scandinavian baking

Recipe for traditional Danish Pastry. It is a good idea to follow the pictures on www.NordicFoodLiving.com

These blueberry buns are sweet, fluffy, fresh, and just so delicious. And best of all, the filling stays put and doesn't ooze out!

Fika, a Swedish tradition of coffee and amazingly delicious sweet treats. A custom that's more about the gathering than it is the coffee. A Swedish occurrence that feeds the soul as well as the body.

Discover the secret to creating a showstopping Swedish flop cake. Our step-by-step recipe guides you through crafting this swoony layered dessert that yields 12 servings of pure decadence.

These Kanelbullar, or Swedish Cinnamon buns, are light, fluffy and simple in flavor. The focus is on the fragrance of the cinnamon, the accent of the cardamom, and soft texture of the dough, contrasting the crunchy pearl sugar (optional).

Delicately cardamom- and cinnamon-spiced braided buns. Great for breakfast, dessert or as an afternoon snack!

One of the things that we’d wished we would have been able to bring back with us from Sweden was a basket of freshly baked Kardamummbular, the cardamom buns we’d fallen in love with during our stay. But as it turns out, we may have been gifted a better alternative: Aron’s mother, Christine, kindly did some […]

Swedish Coffee Cake: Swedish Coffee Cake is a buttery pie crust topped with a Pâte à Choux mixture, a sweet glaze, and toasted coconut.

We call them Kanelbullar, or just bullar (buns). In Danish, Kanelsnurrer – twists – or snegle, snails. We eat these with our coffee, late mornings or afternoons. It’s the treat you see in all Scandi coffee shops. It’s our favourite thing, ever. So, here are some facts: Real cinnamon buns, the ones Mamma makes at home, are made using a yeast dough, not a laminated dough. Real buns are strong, full of cardamom and cinnamon. Real buns don’t have icing on them. There are as many different buns…

Swedish Visiting Cake is a simple yet delicious almond coffee cake with a crispy top and a soft, moist center.

Which Swedish treat do you want to bake next?

These mini Dutch Baby pancakes are puffy and beautifully golden brown. They're just right for breakfast, brunch or dessert. We filled ours with homemade lemon curd and fresh blueberries.

Taste of Norway Editor Kristi Bissell shares her recipe for Scandinavian Almond Cake, a quick and easy treat you can serve with coffee.

Recipe for Kanelsnegle (Danish Cinnamon Rolls) inspired by our visit to Denmark along with a travel overview of Helsingør and Kronborg Slot.

This long vanilla cream pastry is absolutely delicious, with a cardamom-flavored dough and smooth vanilla cream filling. Slice it up and enjoy with some coffee!

Chocolate Cardamom Buns (sjokoladeboller) are a classic Norwegian sweet bread. They're soft with bursts of spice and chocolate in each bite.

Pat Sinclair’s Scandinavian Classic Baking (from Pelican Publishing Company) includes this excellent recipe for Scandinavian Apricot Almond Bars. Click here to see a separate Bakery Boy Blog post w…