This is a list of Norwegian sweets and desserts. The cuisine of Norway refers to food preparation originating from Norway or having a played a great historic part in Norwegian cuisine. Norway also shares many dishes and influences with surrounding Scandinavian countries, such as Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.
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Characteristics
editNorwegian desserts mainly feature small, tart fruits, such as strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, gooseberries, and cloudberries, due to their ability to grow in colder climates. [1] Rye flour is a very common ingredient in bread-based recipes, as well as almonds and almond flavoring.
Holidays in Norway feature particularly decadent and intricate desserts, as Christmas is an important holiday in Norwegian culture.[2]
Norwegian desserts
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Almond cake | Moist, sweet cake flavored and topped with almonds, typically featuring layers of cream in between cake layers | |
Berlinerkrans | Known as Berlin wreaths. A butter cookie curled into a wreath formation, typically served during Christmas | |
Bløtkake | Cream cake topped with a mixture of berries and frequently served during Constitution Day | |
Brødpudding | Pudding made from day-old bread, cream, eggs, syrup, and occasionally fruit or other toppings | |
Brune pinnar | Spiced, stick-shaped almond cookies made with syrup. Translates to brown pins | |
Byggrynskrem | Barley-based cream dessert, usually served with berries | |
Delfiakake | Uncooked flat, square or bar-shaped chocolate snack/dessert, similar to a fudgey chocolate brownie but with alternating lighter and darker areas | |
Dessertsuppe | Sweet soup made from sugar and fruit | |
Diplomatpudding | Pudding made in a mold, featuring ladyfingers soaked in rum or Kirsch flavored syrup, layered with candied fruit, apricot jam, and an egg custard or Bavarian cream | |
Dronning Mauds pudding | Pudding dessert that predominantly consists of cream, kogel mogel and chocolate | |
Eggedosis | Dessert made from sugar and eggs, whipped into a fluffy cream | |
Fastelavnsbolle | Traditional sweet roll filled with cream | |
Fattigmannsbakkels | Otherwise known as angel wings. Deep-fried and served during Christmas | |
Fruktkake | Cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits | |
Fruktsuppe | Dessert soup made from pureed fruit | |
Fyrstekake | Cake filled with almond, rum, and other fillings | |
Gløgg | Alcoholic drink usually made with red wine, along with various mulling spices and sometimes raisins, served hot or warm | |
Goro | Cookie similar to a cracker or thin waffle, made in a press | |
Havreflarn | Traditional oatmeal cookies | |
Ingefærkaker | Cake made with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg, as well as molasses | |
Julekake / Julebrød | Christmas bread filled with raisins and candied fruit and scented with cardamom | |
Jødekake | Round shortbread biscuit | |
Kalvedans (Råmjølkspudding) | Classic Scandinavian dessert. It is a pudding made from unpasteurized colostrum milk, the first milk produced by a cow after giving birth | |
Kanelstenger | Stick shaped cookies rolled in cinnamon | |
Karamellpudding | Pudding made with caramel and vanilla flavoring | |
Kokosmakroner | Coconut macaroons made of eggs, sugar, wheat flour and coconut | |
Kompott | Whole or pieces of fruit in sugar syrup. Whole fruits are cooked in water with sugar and spices | |
Kransekake | Rings of cakes stacked together with layers of vanilla icing in between | |
Norsk Kringle | Soft pastry typically topped with melted sugar | |
Krumkake | Thin waffle cookie rolled in a cone | |
Lefse | Thin pastry topped with different additives. Incarnations of it includeTynnlefse, Tjukklefse / Tykklefse, Nordlandslefse, and Anislefse | |
Marmorkake / Tigerkake | Cake with different flavors, usually chocolate and vanilla, mixed into one cake to create a marble texture | |
Marsipan | Confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract | |
Marsipankake | Sponge cake filled with jam or cream, topped with marzipan | |
Multekrem | Dessert made by mixing cloudberries with whipped cream and sugar | |
Munker | Fluffy fried pastry, rolled in a ball shape | |
Ostekake | Cake made from cream cheese and featuring a graham-cracker crust | |
Pepperkake | Crispy cookie made from ginger, cinnamon, and other spices | |
Peppernøtt | Small anise-flavored cookies | |
Pikekyss (marengs) | Cream dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream of tartar | |
Pleskener | Thick cookie made from sugar, butter, and flour. | |
Rabarbrapai | Pie stuffed with rhubarb and sugar, to balance out the tartness of the fruit | |
Riskrem | Dessert made of rice pudding mixed with whipped cream, sugar, vanilla, and chopped almonds | |
Russedessert | Sweet, wheat semolina dessert porridge made with berries, usually lingonberries | |
Rosettes (Rosettbakkels) | Thin, cookie-like fritters made with iron molds | |
Saftsuppe | Dessert soup made from various juices, water, and a thickening agent, usually either potato flour or cornstarch | |
Sago pudding | Sweet pudding made by combining sago pearls with either water or milk and adding sugar and sometimes additional flavourings | |
Sandbakelse | Butter cookies flavored with almond extract | |
Serinakaker | Almond-flavored butter cookies with sliced almonds and pearled sugar on top | |
Skolebrød | Buns filled with custard and topped with powdered sugar | |
Smultring | Traditional Norwegian doughnut | |
Spice cake | Moist cake spiced with various flavorings, usually cinnamon or allspice | |
Svele | Thick, pancake-like dessert served with brunost | |
Tilslørte bondepiker | Apple and cream trifle served in glasses | |
Troikakake[3] | Layered chocolate cake | |
Trollkrem | Mousse made from lingonberries | |
Verdens Beste / Kvæfjordkake | Cake flavored with almonds and custard | |
Wreath cake rods (Kransekakestenger) | Small sticks of kransekake with a chocolate or icing sugar coating |
Gallery
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Serinakaker cookies topped with pearled sugar
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Decorated pepperkaker cookies
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Sandkaker
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Jødekake
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Kransekake
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Bondepiker topped with bread crumbs and almond slivers
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Karamellpudding served in a dish
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Julebrød with berries
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "All About Traditional Norwegian Food • FamilySearch". FamilySearch. 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Enjoy Christmas in Norway". www.visitnorway.com.
- ^ Ilstad, Kristine (2018-04-30). "Troikakake". Det søte liv (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-05-31.