“Natten går tunga fjät, runt gård och stuva” (The night steps/spreads heavily, over farms and houses)– that’s the beginning of one of the most famous Lucia song that was sung all over Sweden (and in Swedish homes all over the
Strawberry muffins
I have no idea how this happened! I walked into the kitchen one morning (admittedly still a bit tired) with a clear idea of the Coffee and Chocolate cake that I wanted to make. And somehow I ended up making
Pumpkin, apple and cranberry cake
A favorite thing of mine when it comes to autumn is pumpkin. Not carving lanterns – but cooking and baking with them. Because it’s Friday – I decided to surprise my daughter with a pumpkin-apple cake for lunch. This is
Kaiserinschmarrn – fluffy pancake in pieces
The original dish is an old favorite of ours and is common in the area Austria, South Germany and North Italy (basically “the Alps”). I know it under the name “Kaiserschmarrn” which translates as “scratched pancake of the Emperor” (the
Banana Spinach cupcakes with Lemon topping
The delicious banana spinach cake is one of our favorites and this morning I used the recipe to make muffins. Then – to top the experience – I turned them into little cupcakes by adding a lemon topping. Very Easy
Luxury Tosca Berry Cake
Since we eat Scandinavian Tosca berry pie so often I started making little changes to it every now and then to try out new things. This is one such tweaked version and we call it the Luxury Tosca berry cake
creamy chocolate chia puddings – part two….
I told you in the last post that I filled a few silicon muffin forms with the rest of the chia pudding, and actually I later did a whole batch filling only muffin forms (made 14!). Just wanted to show
Beetroot muffins for breakfast
Since discovering the fast route to making the amazing beetroot cake, there are no excuses anymore. Even made the cake as muffins this morning before breakfast – that’s how quick it was! Anyway – it was Elin’s first school day
A shortcut to the amazing red beetroot cake
Have you ever tried the amazing red beetroot cake? It’s one of my most popular recipes and I can highly recommend making it. The only thing is – sometimes I’m just too lazy. The beetroots takes 30 minutes to boil
The Birthday cake
As promised – this is a post on how I put together the birthday cake from yesterday. So – my son turned 13, and I asked him in advance what kind of cake he wanted, and his wish was “something