In Sweden it is common to bake cakes and buns with saffron between the first Sunday of advent and Christmas. The cakes and buns are served as Swedish fika often together with coffee or tea. This is traditional chocolate balls but made with saffron instead.
This recipe is for the classical Swedish cinnamon rolls (kanelbullar). This is the most famous coffee bread in Sweden. They are so popular so October the fourth is the official day of the cinnamon rolls (kanelbullens dag). This is one of the first recipes you learn to bake as a kid.
A Swedish semla is a cardamom bun filled with almond paste and whip cream. This recipe is a mix of a semla and a blond mud cake. This slightly sticky mud cake is topped like a semla, with almond paste and sweet whip cream. So why not give it a try and impress your friends or family on the actual semmel day that accrues in February, the day before Ash Wednesday.
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.
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Looking for an inspiration for a different appetizer, mingle food or to bring on a picnic? Why not trying one of these cake salé, also known as salty bread or savory cake.
These breads are filled with different kinds of cheese and other salty ingredients.