Notes about Recipes in this book

• Sweet shortcrust pastry

  • London_Mummy on October 12, 2025

    I will not use this recipe again. At the outset, I thought the amount of butter was suspiciously high but I trusted the recipe. Despite chilling in fridge overnight it was too soft and sticky to roll to 2 mm required or to work on lightly floured surface as recipe stated. Eventually I had to heavily flour my counter and roll to 4 mm. Despite chilling in fridge before baking, dough shapes quickly collapsed in oven. Never mind, it was tasty with a good texture when cooked. Next time, I will use Delia Smith's recipe for sweet shortcrust pastry.

• Nordic orange and ginger biscuits (Apelsinpepparkakor)

  • kwansicle on May 10, 2024

    Easy and makes loads. Tastes very similar to the ones you get in IKEA.

• Small raspberry treats (Hallongrottor)

  • London_Mummy on December 21, 2025

    These came out well, although not as neatly as the photograph in the book. In order to reduce the saturated fat (& also to save money!) I used half butter & half vegan baking block. The dough was very sticky so I had to add extra flour. I used cherry jam, which proved too thick for the piping bag, so I just used a teaspoon. Since I only have one cupcake tray, I baked two trays consecutively. The second time, I baked two extra outside the tray, which rose fine just in the paper cases. Next time, I'd bake them all in one go.

• Saffron bundt cake with pears (Saffran och päronkaka)

  • London_Mummy on December 23, 2025

    This is a lovely recipe with an unusual flavour. Using breadcrumbs to line the greased bundt tin worked very well & avoided any white flour marks.

• That banana cake (Vores banankage)

  • London_Mummy on November 08, 2025

    I made this to use up some over-ripe bananas instead of making the same old boring banana bread. I used half plain flour & half multi-grain atta to increase the nutritional value. I had mascarpone to use up, so I replaced the butter & cream cheese in the topping with that, & I also halved the quantity of icing sugar since the cake was already sweet enough from the bananas. I substituted flaked almonds, which I already had, for chopped pecan nuts. It is a really nice cake & simple to make.

• Rhubarb and custard cake (Rabarber og crème kage)

  • lkgrover on September 02, 2020

    This is rather complicated three parts (a shortbread-like cake, pastry cream, and rhubarb filling). However, the end result is excellent. My mother's favorite rhubarb dessert.

• Sticky white chocolate cake (Kladdkaka)

  • kwansicle on May 10, 2024

    Undercooked to the point of being unservable.

• Mazarin tart with plums and black pepper (Mazarintårta med plommon och peppar)

  • London_Mummy on October 30, 2025

    This tart was delicious & popular with my family. I made it as a special treat for someone who did not want a traditional layered birthday cake, & it felt special. To save time, I used readymade pastry cases, as I was also cooking a special birthday dinner.

• Tosca cake (Toscatårta)

  • sdeathe on April 27, 2025

    First of all, this cake has an outstanding flavour; it comes together very quickly, no tricky bits. However, although I baked it 35 minutes and it was firm to the touch, with a bamboo skewer coming out clean, it was not cooked in the centre. The centre sank to the bottom of the pan, and looked quite miserable. I put the topping on for broiling, but in a position in the middle of the oven, the almonds were burning after 30 seconds, so out it came, not caramelized as shown in the photo. The topping was not quite uncooked, but certainly wasn't nice and brown, but rather white with burned almonds in spots. She suggests 5-7 minutes for the broiling, but where in her oven she put the cake to broil the top, I have no idea. I'm tempted to make this again, simply because it was so good, but I'm going to have to find out how to avoid these issues.

• Napoleon hats (Napoleonshatte)

  • London_Mummy on October 12, 2025

    I was disappointed with these biscuits' appearance but then the children liked them and asked me to make them again in future! Next time, I'll use somebody else's sweet shortcrust pastry recipe and make my own marzipan. This filling is unduly complex. Add the egg white very gradually lest filling get too sticky. You should defy recipe and roll dough to 4 mm and cut circles of 6-7 cm to get 15 biscuits. I ended up with 31! For a better appearance, focus on pinching the dough around the filling balls rather than at the corners.

• Real cinnamon buns (Kanelbullar)

  • kwansicle on May 10, 2024

    My go-to recipe for cinnamon buns. Have been asked for the recipe multiple times!