Apricot Layer Cake

Going to my sisters house, I always bring something baked by me. All of the family was invited and I decided to give this delicious looking layer cake with cream filling and apricot garnish a try, which I found in the baking book “Gyldendals store bakebok”. This cake is time consuming and you have to be patient while making it. The cake is filled with...

Chocolate Cake with Orange Flavour

This is the classic chocolate cake recipe that we have been using at home for years. It was my mom who used to make this chocolate cake years ago and then I have been following the same recipe. It turns out to be succesful every time. The recipe is actually from an old english baking book we got at home, from 1979 to be specific which I was talking...

Almond Squares

Nigella Lawson must be my favorite when it comes to cooking and baking. I was watching her christmas program today and this lady is just gorgeous. Not only does she has great looks, but she simply loves what she is doing and shows her expressions for that in an amazingly way. Her love for every single spice and ingredient makes me view all this in...

Princess Bun Cake

I just love this bun cake! It is not only my favorite, but everyone at home loves it. This bun cake is also known as "sibling cake" and is yeasted semi sweet dough with vanilla cream filling. Some people love to add raisins, almonds etc. to this cake, but I love a lot and a lot of cinnamon which gives a great taste. I made this today, in fact I makes...

Kvæfjordkake "The World's Best"

I made "Norway's national cake" (nominated September, 2002), also known as "the world's best" for the very first time last saturday and it turned out amazing and really lives up to its name. The lovely combination of soft sponge topped with meringue and filled with cream in between is just heavenly!The cake is called after the town "Kvæfjord" in Troms...

Peppernuts

Christmas is around the corner and tradition tells to bake a lot of cookies for these holidays.Ice cold winter and snowfall makes it even more tempting and cozy to bake cookies and ofcourse eat alot and alot of them. Two days ago, I was having the desire to bake some cookies and ended up with making these peppernuts.These small spicy cookies are traditional...