Swedish Lussekatter

Throughout Scandinavia and especially in Sweden, 13 December – right at the heart of advent – means the celebration of Lucia. One of the most relished dates in the Swedish calendar, marking...

A Note on Measurements

Having previously lived in two countries, England and Sweden, moving recently to my third, the Netherlands, I well appreciate that the commonly utilised units of measurement differ between countries and provide, therefore,...

A Swedish Kladdkaka Recipe

Kladdkaka translates from Swedish into English as ‘sticky cake’. The name refers to a chocolate cake that uses relatively little flour in relation to its quantities of sugar, butter and egg. Owing...