It's been a long time now since I moved to Trondheim, Norway but finally, here are my top things to do in Trondheim, including activities in Trondheim, places to go, where to eat, and how to get around.| Heart My Backpack
Ever since I was a little kid Norwegian lefse has been one of my favorite foods, especially when it’s filled with butter and sugar to make kling. And I’m certainly not alone in my love for lefse. Lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made with flour, butter, cream and sometimes potatoes. Potato lefse is not quite as common in Norway these days, but it is still very beloved in certain regions, with recipes passed down through generations. Potato lefse takes a bit more effort to m...| Scandinavian Cookbook
My parents were visiting me in Bergen last week, so of course I wanted to bake something special for them. And so I thought of fyrstekake, or prince cake in English, a Norwegian classic that I’ve been wanting to make for a while. Two of my very favorite Norwegian desserts are mazariner and suksessterte, and fyrstekake is sort of like a combination of the two. Fyrstekake is a vanilla lattice pie with a soft almond filling. Prince cake tastes great warm out of the oven topped with whipped cre...| Scandinavian Cookbook
While I was growing up my family spent every summer visiting my mother’s family in Telemark. And every summer I would be so excited to get to indulge in my favorite Norwegian food, including lefse with kling. Lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made with flour and sometimes potatoes, which is filled with butter and sugar to make kling. When I moved to Norway in 2015 I was excited to live in the land of lefse and kling, but I soon realized that just as the Norwegian dialects spok...| Scandinavian Cookbook
Most Norwegians refer to kvæfjord cake (kvæfjordkake) as simply verdens beste, or the world’s best cake. In fact some of my friends here in Norway didn’t even know that verdens beste is officially called kvæfjordkake. Now personally, if I were to give any cake the title of world’s best cake I would choose suksessterte, but I’ll at least agree that it’s one of the best cakes in the world. And I’ll also add that Kvæfjord is one of the most beautiful parts of Norway, nestled betw...| Scandinavian Cookbook
