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Saffron Bread Flavoured with Almond & Vanilla

Swedish Saffron Bread with Almond & Vanilla Filling

Here we are the 1st December – and so the Festive season begins. Baking is one of my favourite activities at this time of year, I love the ritual of creating Christmas treats for family and friends. This is a Swedish classic; an enriched sweetened bread referred to as saffranslängd. Now the translation isn’t pretty:…

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Saffron Wreath

Christmas Saffron Wreath with Cranberries and Orange

The countdown is on!  Only 17 days left to go, sorry don’t want to stress you out but what will you be baking this Christmas? Maybe you don’t fancy making mince pies this year and want to try something a little different.  I want to share this with you in case you’re looking for any…

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Parsnip Blinis with Whipped Blue Cheese

Festive Christmas Canapés

It goes without saying that we all want to be organised at Christmas so if you have unexpected visitors or you’re planning a party you’ve got something prepared ahead or something stashed in the freezer. These festive bites are excellent to prepare ahead, even freeze and pull out when needed.  Do remember that when you prepare…

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Lucia Buns

Lussekatter – Lucia Saffron Buns

Lussekatter (Lucia saffron buns) are traditionally eaten on the day of Lucia, served with either coffee or glögg are delicacies unique to this festival. Each bun is shaped into an S-shape, which is supposed to resemble a cat’s tail. Nobody knows for sure the origins of the shape and the connection with Saint Lucia, but…

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Santa Lucia (St Lucy’s Day) 13th December

Lucia is a magnificent advent tradition in Sweden, for the music, white gowns, candles and the sheer beauty of the event – it is definitely worth seeing if you can, you won’t have to go far to find a Lucia celebration in Scandinavia at this time of year. In the past, the feast of Lucia was celebrated during the Winter Solstice and…

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Pepparkakor (Swedish Gingersnap Biscuits)

Pepparkakor (Gingersanp biscuits) There is no other aroma that reminds me more of the festive season than freshly-baked pepparkakor – so moreish that you can never just stop at one!  Pepparkakor are delicate, incredibly light, thin, crisp cookies – baked in hundreds in every Scandinavian home.  These melt-in-the mouth biscuits are often shaped as hearts,…

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Hej, I'm Louise, a food enthusiast living in Marlow, Bucks, UK. Welcome to my culinary adventures in my Nordic Kitchen. Read More

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Instagram post 2197228381062060424_3121393103 I’ve been overwhelmed with enquiries for my sourdough workshop on 18th January. I’m happy to say that it’s now fully booked. If you’d like to join another workshop I’m happy to set a date in March. If you’re interested DM me on here.

In the meantime here’s a Festive loaf.
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#learnsomethingneweveryday #workshop
Instagram post 2196518808617562398_3121393103 I never say no to a gift, especially when they are chocolate crinkle cookies from @wasielewskamarta. Totally delicious. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.🎄🎅🏻🎄
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#christmascookies #giftfromafriend
Instagram post 2195076599083111833_3121393103 Wow what an incredible turn out at Marlow market on Saturday. I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who came to visit us, the market had a wonderful festive feel and let me tell you Marlowovians have an awesome community spirit 🙌🏻 Not forgettting all the amazing people who volunteer to help set the market up every month, without them we wouldn’t have this fantastic artisan market☺️ .....
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My biggest festive bake so far - 45 saffron buns, 35 Cardamom buns, 35 Cookie bags, 22 loaves of Organic rye bread, countless bags of Swedish crispbread, amongst other festive treats, one of which was a white chocolate and lingonberry kladdkaka (sold it all in a flash)- a squidgy, scrumptious cake that’s very popular in Sweden.  Lingonberries are not readily available here so I thought I’d share the recipe with you using cranberries.  The tart cranberries counter the sweet chocolate perfectly.

White Chocolate & Cranberry Kladdkaka.
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2 large eggs, room temperature 
180g caster sugar
110g butter
170g white chocolate, chopped
160g plain flour
Zest of a lemon
75g cranberries or blueberries
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1. Oven 190C fan, grease a 20cm loose bottom tin and line the bottom with parchment paper. 
2. Whisk the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. 
3. Melt the butter in a saucepan on a low heat then remove from heat.  Stir in the chopped chocolate and stir until it melts, pour into a mixing bowl, now whisk in the egg mixture to the melted chocolate, it will thicken as you whisk.
4. Sift the flour and add the lemon zest and then fold into the white chocolate batter.
5. Pour the batter into the tin and smooth out and then sprinkle over the berries, pushing them into the batter.
6. Bake the cake for about 20-22 minutes or until it’s golden at the edges but still wobbly in the centre.  Remove from the oven and allow to cool before removing from the tin. Dust with icing sugar. Serve with whipped cream. .
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❄️Freezes well. Defrost and serve at room temperature.
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#kladdkaka
Instagram post 2192769207460938528_3121393103 The sunshine spice to brighten December days, it compliments almond so well: Saffron, Almond & Orange Bun.

I’ve met some great people here on Instagram, like minded and with a questionable sense of humour 😉is Steve from @bruun.uk now a firm friend. A little while back we met up for a Christmas photo shoot. 
Here’s one one of the images.....
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#julbak #christmasbaking #saffronbuns #saffransbullar #nordicbaking
Instagram post 2191596397216418557_3121393103 Started my Wednesday morning baking dozens of these seeded crackers (fröknäcke) for Marlow Market. They’re delicious with cheese but really good as a snack in their own right. Believe me once you start eating them, it’s really hard to stop!
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#christmasmarket #heresmyfood #vegan #wheatfreecrackers #fröknäcke #frökex

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