In Sweden most people associate the coffee bread"fikabröd" made with saffron to the time right before Christmas. This is a recipe for cookies made with saffron and can be prepared long in advanced, so you don’t need to stress the same day you want to serve them.

With this recipe you will get a wonderful bread with a crusty surface and a fluffy and soft middle. It is easy and quick to prepare, only takes a few minutes of work. It is a good idea to make this homemade bread for your Sunday brunch.

What taste better during the holidays than a home made cake after a big celebration feast. This soft saffron cake is perfect for that and is is big enough for 15 friends and family members. To save time and energy you can prepare it the day before.

This cake is perfect if you are not a sweet tooth but still like desserts. The bottom is foft and the topping is with cream but have a coffee taste. To make it different it is possible to sprinkle som dark chocolate on top of the cake.

This is a dish based on potatoes and whatever meat product you have as left over at home, like sausages, ham, bacon or kassler. Best served with fried eggs and salt cucumber or cooked beets.

This is a homemade European spongecake topped with whipped cream and sweet strawberries. To make the bottom high and fluffy it's important to mix the eggs and sugar a few minutes with an electrical mixer, instead of adding more baking soda as for the American sponge cakes. You can add chocolate on the sides of the cake to give a more luxury touch.

With this recipe it is simple and easy to make a super moist and creamy carrot cake. The secret ingredient to make it dense is actually to add olive oil. You can find carrot cakes with or without nuts, and with different flavors. This recipe contains cinnamon and is covered with a big layer of cream cheese.

This potato gratin with anchovy (Janssons frestelse) is a classic on every Swedish Christmas tables and most of the eastern tables. The recipe got it name in the 1940 when it was published. This is a different fish dish, without the typical fishy taste.

This popular Swedish cardamom bun is filled with almond paste and whipped cream, and then sprinkled with icing sugar. This is the traditional way of making it, but it is possible to find it with or without cardamon, with vanilla and raspberry filling as well.

This traditional Swedish potato cake is a winter dish because it requires winter potatoes. You can often find it on the menu in a lunch restaurant during the work week. It is common to serve smoked pork and lingonberry jam on the side. If you would like to serve vegetables, than it is usually fresh white cabbage that will enhance the flavor of the dish.