Classic raspberry soup
Time for some childhood nostalgia: raspberry soup, or hallonkräm. My mother made tasty sweet soups of all kinds for our snack time — rhubarb, raspberry, apple — but sometimes, we kids would make the soups using a ready-made powder. And the commercials for ready-made...
Scanian apple cake — the original Swedish crumble?
To continue the last article’s theme of sturdy dishes from the south of Sweden, let’s turn to Scanian apple cake, or skånsk äppelkaka. The idea of frying flavorful grated rye bread in browned butter and layering it all with a cinnamon-scented apple...
Plättar — Swedish mini-pancakes
What’s perfect to eat on a nice picnic? I’m sure many Swedes would nominate plättar, or Swedish mini-pancakes. Somehow, they are even more delicious than their famous larger sibling, the thin pancake. However, there are different ways of picnicking, as...
Quick and simple chocolate balls
Few things in the kitchen scream “childhood!” as much as chocolate balls, or chokladbollar. They are simple and appropriately messy to make, making it a perfect baking project to do together with kids. Then, once the kids are a bit older, they’ll...
Sans Rival — Swedish almond praline cake
Sans rival means unrivaled. That’s a hard feat for a cake to live up to — but if one cake can do it, then maybe it is this one. It even has a royal connection: “At least once a year, the king gets a homebaked cake. It is a big, magnificent Sans Rival,...
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My name is Isabelle. Here at Swedish Spoon, you’ll find Swedish food history, tried-and-tested recipes, and a lot of obsessing over great butter. You can also expect some travel tips.