Swedish Desserts

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Many people consider Swedish cuisine and food as very practical and simple. Unlike the flavorful cuisine of India or the lavish cuisine of France for instance, Swedish dishes and meals are delicious without being too complicated in taste or difficult to prepare. Desserts however, is a type of food which many think is only delicious when it is intricately made and complicatedly flavored. Gourmet chocolates and desserts for instance, are thought to be intricately sweet and delicious because of the complex tastes and textures they produce. However, you would be surprised to find that the simpler and hearty desserts of Sweden also have a sugary sweet charm of their own. Swedish confectioneries are the best places to try the best of the swedish desserts. Marsipanbåten in Stockholm and Lollipop in Onsala are good examples to sweeten your life.

What could be simpler and more deliciously filling than a slice of cake? And it is precisely the this simplicity and homeliness of cakes that make them such a popular dessert among the Swedish. Spettekaka for instance is a kind of unique cake that is common in Stockholm City and the rest of Sweden. A mixture of eggs, sugar and potato flour is, curiously, placed in a stick or skewer and is roasted over a fire slowly. Thus, you end up with a cylinder shaped piece of cake that can be given more flavor by adding chocolate, vanilla or fruits. Another mouthwatering Swedish dessert cake is called Kladdkaka which appears like a large, brown, thick pancake. However, this cake is actually very sticky and tastes sweetly of chocolate through and through.

Cheesecakes and pies are also popular Swedish desserts. Otskaka for instance is a kind of Swedish cheesecake that is eaten warm along with fruits and maybe some jelly. Rhubarb pie and blueberry pies are also very popular in Sweden, and you can find many different recipes of these pies passed down from generation to generation in Sweden.

Sweet breads and buns, because of their obvious heartiness, are also usually served as dessert in Sweden. A special sweet bun served on Lent for example, which is called samla, is usually filled with sweet and fragrant almond filling and eaten only on the special occasion. While lussebulle is a Swedish bun flavored with saffron and served on Lucia or Saint Lucia day.