Homemade oatmeal cookies are one of the classical cookies for “fika” in Sweden. These are small chewy cookies with the taste of syrup and oatmeal. Fast to do in less than thirty minutes. When you take them out from the oven you can shape them by hanging them over a bottle. To make them more luxurious dip the edges in dark chocolate.

Everyone knows that Swedes are crazy about their lingonberries and serve it to all kinds of food. This cheesecake recipe with lingonberries proves that you can have a dinner with lingonberries as a theme ! The autumn is the season for these berries. If you don't want to go out in the forest to pick them yourself you will find fresh ones in the shops during this period of the year, or frozen ones all year around.

This is the gluten free version of the classical Swedish jam cookies. Traditionally these cookies are made with berries with a clear red color. To have some variation for your coffee guest you can make some with blueberry- and cherry jam as well.

These small Alsatian bredele makes a nice addition to your Christmas cookie jar. There are many different bredele so it is tricky to find just one favorite, but maybe these small coffee cookies will become your new favorite. You can bake them a few weeks before and keep them in a thin box with a baking paper until it's time to serve them.

If you like to make your traditional sponge cake a bit different, this recipe is worth trying. To get another version of a sponge cake, why not try adding almonds. It is easy and quick to prepare and the result is a moist and tasteful sponge cake.

This is a tasty homemade banana cake with a cream cheese frosting. It is considered a perfect sweet tea time treat in comparison to the plain banana breakfast bread. You can use different shapes for the baking form to make it different than the traditional loaf shape.

This is a homemade lime cheesecake with a thin crusty bottom and a creamy cream cheese filling. The secret to get the cake both high and creamy is to use sweet condensed milk together with cream cheese. But the most important key to it all, is to cook it in the oven and then let it rest for a day before serving it to the guests.

This Swedish prince cake is another version of the famous princess cake. It is a homemade blueberry cake which is a hit at any birthday parties in the autumn when it is high season for blueberries. It is a creamy cake with a blueberry and white chocolate filling, topped with a layer of marzipan.

This is a saffron version of the very popular Swedish chocolate mud cake called “kladdkaka”. This one is a gluten free version made with almond flour and white chocolate. It is prepared in a few minutes and is perfect for a spontaneous dessert. If you want a sauce on the side whip cream fits nicely together with the cake.

Yes chocolate frosting on a carrot cake actually fits. This homemade carrot cake with a firm chocolate frosting resembles more the Brazilian carrot cake than the American version. To enhance the flavor even more you can add 150 grams of grated coconut in the batter. If you have carrots at home and have no idea what to do with them why not make a carrot cake.

If you have a sweet tooth you will love this divine Nutella cake. It is a mousse cake with a biscuit bottom that will melt in your mouth at the first bite. To enhance the taste of the cake you can add small pieces of hazelnuts in the mousse.