List of Norwegian desserts
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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.
Characteristics
[edit]Norwegian 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
[edit]Name | Image | Description |
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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
[edit]- Serinakaker cookies topped with pearled sugar
- Decorated pepperkaker cookies
- Sandkaker
- Jødekake
- Kransekake
- Bondepiker topped with bread crumbs and almond slivers
- Karamellpudding served in a dish
- Julebrød with berries
See also
[edit]References
[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.