Sometimes you don’t have the time to make a cake for every celebration in Norway, and there are many.  That’s okay as you can buy traditional fresh cakes from the store at the last minute.  (This is so you don’t have to store it for a whole day in the fridge at the risk of [...]

Norwegian cakes always look beautiful, as if they have just come out of a decadent country magazine.  Eating cake is certainly an event in Norway.  Cakes are way too pretty to be eaten in the hand with fingers.  They are served on plates, always with a little spoon. Table settings are very much a part [...]

A Troika in Norway is a special chocolate bar – a layer of marzipan, a layer of chocolate truffle and a layer of raspberry jelly dipped in chocolate to hold it together.  It is very thin and compact similar in texture to a Cherry Ripe or a Wonka Bar. As it’s my birthday we thought [...]