Lemon mousse with crumble and blueberries

This year our two blueberry bushes, planted 3-4 years ago, finally produced a lot of blueberries and we had enough for several different treats. I made two sorts of blueberry cakes and we also ate...

Colourful cookies and cupcakes

In January I had the honor to bake for a Red Cross charity event for separated refugee children (i.e. children that have arrived in Sweden all alone without any relatives). I wanted to bake...

Granadilla

Some months ago, while traveling in Colombia, I encountered the fruit Granadilla for the very first time. It’s a variety of passion fruit, but very sweet and mild rather than sour. It quickly...

David Chang, microbiology and fermentation.

Some weeks ago I had the honor of attending a fun cooking event at Electrolux with chef David Chang, the owner of Momofuku. He has been awarded with the White Guide Global Gastronomy Award and thus...

Smulgubbe – a cross between strawberries and wild strawberries

Photo from last year. Spring is slowly approaching and I can’t wait for all garden plants to wake up after the winter. My favourite berry, smulgubbe (Fragaria × vescana), is a cross between...

Crock-Pot Goulash

This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago, while we still had lots of snow. Slow cookers, in this case a Crock-Pot, are fairly new in Sweden as opposed to the US where they’ve been on the market...

Flourless mini chocolate cupcakes with “Polly fluff”

These adorable and moist mini cupcakes only contain 3 ingredients: eggs, chocolate and butter. The chocolate cake recipe came to my attention being one of the monthly challenges in “Daring Bakers”...

Savory Dijon ice cream with cured salmon and fish shaped crackers

Maybe you recall our annual thirteen course dinner at Anne’s? Every year on Twelwth Night we have a gourmet dinner at her place. Every couple prepares one starter, one main course and one dessert....

Happy Holidays!

(Virgin) Piña Colada Marshmallows

After making the raspberry marshmallows I got the idea of substituting the raspberries with pineapple and the icing sugar with desiccated coconut. I also considered adding rum, but decided to skip...

Raspberry marshmallows

As a teenager I had a long period when I made vanilla marshmallows on a regular basis, but as the years passed the marshmallow making slipped my mind. One week ago I found this amazing raspberry...

Bake a gingerbread gable instead of a whole house!

Is just the thought of baking a whole gingerbread house too cumbersome for you? An easy way out is to make only one wall with gable that you decorate with icing and a ribbon. I used my normal...

Coconut vanilla milkshake

According to our weekly menu we were supposed to buy take out yesterday. But my husband came home and said that he wanted to make us burgers. And who am I to decline him? He made us delicious...

Weekly menu

We’ve never been much into planning weekly menus. But a month ago we decided to give it a serious try. Every Sunday morning after breakfast I look through my cookbooks and browse the net for...

Saveur’s list of 55 great global food blogs

This morning I was amazed by the news that Saveur has included my blog in their list of 55 great global food blogs. I feel extremely honoured and surprised to be listed along with all the...

Candy cane cookies with dark chocolate / Polkagriskakor med mörk choklad

These yummy cookies are my second submission to the cookie contest arranged by Göteborgskex. They are absolutely delicious and contain crushed Polkagris which is a peppermint flavored candy cane...

Toasted oat flour cookies with sour cherries and pistachios / Skrädmjölskakor med sura körsbär och pistagenötter

I was asked to participate in a cookie baking competition for bloggers, “Bageriets Bästa Bake Off Challenge”, arranged by Göteborgskex. I thought it would be fun to participate and it would also...

Dagmar’s potstickers

Long time no see! I know it’s been a long while but I hope you’ll quickly forget my absence if I’ll post my signature dish. I guess everyone has a signature dish, a dish that you love to cook and...

Buttermilk in Stockholm!

Sweden does not produce and sell buttermilk commercially since year 2000, so I was very happy when I found buttermilk in one of the Polish grocery stores the other week. If I remember correctly, I...

Last chance to win an iPad cake!

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Win an iPad cake and a real iPad!

You probably remember the cool iPad cake that I received a while ago? Now you have a chance of winning one of your own, and if you win the cake you have 25 % chance of winning a real iPad!!! My...

iPad Cake!

On Friday evening I received a cool delivery from Swedish/Danish dairy company Arla; a whole cake shaped like an iPad!!! Arla is launching an iPad application this week so their PR company decided...

Star cookies

Just a very quick blog post with photos of some of the cookies that I brought to Anne’s cookie swap party in December. The comments are not working at the moment, I’ll try to solve it during the week!

Rocky Road candy

This a super easy recipe for a very rich chocolaty Christmas candy. The original recipe comes from Swedish chef Leila Lindholm, however I’ve changed the quantities, specifically the amount the dark...

Gingerbread lanterns

Are you bored of gingerbread houses? Why not make a lantern instead? A gingerbread lantern is a fun and easy project. You need gingerbread dough, hard candies in different colours, sugar, icing and...

Star Wars cookie cutters!

One and a half week ago I was in New York for a “girls only trip” with Lena and Anne. We had a great time and when we went to Williams-Sonoma I bought a set of Star Wars cookie cutters (along with...

3 x digestive biscuit toppings

I’m participating in a blog competition; Göteborgs Kex has newly launched mini digestive biscuits and is arranging a competition where food bloggers are encouraged to make up a maximum of three...

Happy Halloween!

This year’s pumpkins; 2 carved by F and 2 carved by me. The little pumpkin is homegrown and was regretfully the only pumpkin that I managed to grow. If you have any pumpkin growing tips, I would...

My chili plants are covered in snow

Winter came early this year.

Swedish cheesecake – Småländsk ostkaka

Swedish cheesecake with whipped cream, blackberries and jam. I know, I know. The photo is really bad and doesn’t do this dessert any justice. This Swedish cheesecake, originating from the province...