These homemade small pancakes resemble something between American pancakes and a sponge cake. You can eat them warm or cold depending on the occasion. They taste good with jam and whip cream when they are newly made. You can also have them cold for a picnic.

One of the Swedish classical small dry cookies. Easy to make and you can keep them in the freezer for a few month so you always have cookies at home for "fika" if you will get company. These cookies normally have raspberry or strawberry jam on top, but you can use any jam you like.

A homemade chocolate sponge roll also known in Sweden as Drömrulltårtan or Drömtårta, meaning dream cake. It is a classic Swedish chocolate sponge roll with butter cream filling, that melts in your mouth. You can serve this cake as it is with a cup of coffee, or why not add whip cream and fruits and you have a different cake to serve for your birthday party.

Homemade Swedish chess cookies with the classical combination of cacao and vanilla. Guess why they are called chess cookies... because they resemble a chess board ! They are fun to do and you can make the traditional square shape, or why not make them as a circle for a change.

Typical Swedish cookies that you can serve your guest when they come over for fika. You can choose if you like to have the white or dark color on the edges. The cookies both looks nice and taste good.

This is a sponge roll with a different jam made of the mini plums named Mirabelle. They are typical fruits of the region Lorraine in the north east of France. These plums are mainly eaten as fruit but also very popular for jam or other dessert due to their sweetness.

These tasteful mini muffins are fun to do and turns out perfect every time thanks to the bananas. They have a moist texture so you can keep them a few days without getting dry. You can choose to serve the muffins as a weekend breakfast, as a after school treat or why not eat them together with a cup of coffee.

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.

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.

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.

A homemade delicate cake with orange blossom water. This cake is a specialty from the south of France. It is enough with a few teaspoons of orange blossom water for this cake to both taste and smell wonderful. The cake is easy to prepare so even kids can participate.

This homemade bread can be served as a cake to the afternoon coffee or for breakfast. If you have a sweet tooth, you can eat it with some honey, jam or nutella. It is enriched with both margarine and eggs, which makes the bread very soft and tender.

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.

In Sweden this rolls is known as “Dammsugare” translated it means vacuum cleaner. It is because the rolls look like the shape of and old vacuum cleaner that was common in the Swedish households from 1920 and several decade forwards.

This is a traditional Swedish crumble pie is with the strawberries directly on the pie form and the crumbles on top. It is easy and quick to prepare. You can change to other berries or fruits and it will still be delicious. The best way to serve the pie is together with a vanilla sauce, vanilla cream or vanilla ice cream. It is possible to freeze the pie.

This is a traditional Swedish cake, which is popular to serve at children birthdays parties. It is usually made with a layer of vanilla cream, a layer of jam or berries, a layer of whip cream and have a marzipan lid on top. It was first made for three royal princesses, but as all children are small princes and princesses they get this cake from their parents anyway.

Bredele- Alsatian Christmas cookies can be found in many variations of both the shape and taste. Most of them are made with baking powder, egg, flour and sugar as a base. Even though this version it is made with both coconut and chocolate it is not too sweet.

This is a typical Swedish apple cake. It is a classic cake to make in the autumn when the apples from the garden are ready to be picked. Serving whip cream or vanilla sauce together with the cake make it a bit more luxurious.

These buns have a fun name and are easy to do. These are typical French buns that you find at the bakery shops. In French they are called "Escargots (Meaning snails!) aux pommes et raisins". You can serve them with a coffee in the afternoon or maybe eat them for breakfast during the weekend.

You can find an almost infinite number of variations of the carrot cake. This is one is one of the Swedish versions of the popular cake with a lot of cinnamon.

This is a soft cake with a coconut and butter frosting. The cake looks a bite pale but it melts in your mouth when you taste it. It will be a big hit with both children and adults. The recipe is for approx sixty pieces so it is perfect for a birthday party or a big gathering.

Muffin or cup cake, call them what you like. This recipe is the small version, and it is good to eat them like they are without icing on the top

A French cheese cake from the region Alsace where the cake is called käsküeche. The bottom is made like a pie bottom and not like the usual cheese cake bottom with biscuits crumbles. It is big, fluffy, and less sweet than the American or English versions. You can add some citron peel in the cake to have a different taste.

This homemade soft marble cake has the flavor of vanilla and chocolate. In Swedish this cake is called "Tigerkaka" which means Tiger cake because the stripes resemble the ones on a tiger. To get the nice marble pattern is the tricky part. The easiest way to make them is to gently stir a fork in the batter right before you place the cake in the oven.

This is a homemade recipe of the famous Swedish chocolate biskvi. It is a cookie with a chewy almond bottom, creamy chocolate butter filling and a chocolate shell. You will find these cookies in almost every coffee shop in Sweden, but it is not that many people that make them at home. Traditionally the cookies are dipped in dark chocolate. These cookies are very common for Swedish ”fika”.

A homemade chocolate cake made with real chocolate and cacao powder is always appreciated. This one is soft and a bit sticky in the middle and both adults and children will like it.

This cake has many names all around the world for example jelly rolls, Swiss roll, but in Sweden it is called rulltårta. It is a simple sponge cake which is one of the classical cakes to make when you will have guest coming over. This is the base recipe but it is possible to make it more like a dessert cake with whip cream and fruits.

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.

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.

Homemade chocolate mousse with only 3 ingredients. It is a creamy and fluffy mousse that melts in your mouth. It will only take 5 minutes to prepare and can be made the same day as you will serve it.

This is a homemade recipe for a dulce the leche mud cake. It is a perfect combination of a dense and super moist white mud cake, covered with a creamy dulce de leche and cream cheese frosting.