Top 15 Tasty Norwegian Desserts
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- 17 May 2022
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Norwegian food is largely based on the raw materials readily available in the country’s wilderness, and this is also the case for many Norwegian desserts. For example, two of the most well-known traditional desserts from Norway are based on cloudberries and lingonberries.
Also, in case you haven’t heard, Norwegians love milk and anything milk based. You will therefore soon discover that quite a few of Norway’s most popular desserts are based on milk or heavy cream.
It is also worth mentioning that Norway has the second-highest per capita coffee consumption in the world. So, you shouldn’t be surprised to find that Norwegians drink coffee with each and every one of these desserts.
Let’s have a look at some of the most popular Norwegian desserts, some of which have truly fascinating origins. One of them was invented in honor of Norway’s very first queen, and another is said to be named by Ivar Aasen, who shaped the written language, Nynorsk.
1. Multekrem
Multekrem, or cloudberry cream, is a traditional Norwegian dessert most often served during fall or late summer. The main ingredient is of course cloudberries, which can be found in forests throughout the country from July until September.
The dessert is super easy to make and contains only three ingredients: whipped cream, cloudberries, and sugar. It can be served alone but is often accompanied by a thin wafer called krumkake. Multekrem is often served during Christmas, made with frozen cloudberries stored from summer.
2. Trollkrem
Trollkrem, or troll cream in English, is a lingonberry mousse. Trolls have a major part in Norwegian folklore, and even though the origin of the name is unknown, the dessert both looks and tastes like straight out of a fairy tale.
The cream is most often served during fall, when fresh lingonberries are available in Norwegian forests. Even though the dessert contains quite a lot of sugar, it’s somewhat tart and bitter due to the lingonberries. Hence, it’s a dessert which might be more suitable for adults.
Trollkrem is made by beating egg whites until stiff, then adding sugar and lingonberries, which gives a lovely and fun pink color. Trollkrem is often served alone or with krumkake.
3. Krumkake
Krumkake is a traditional wafer cookie often prepared for Christmas. In fact, it’s generally considered one of the 7 slag (literally, 7 kinds), a Norwegian tradition of baking seven different kinds of Christmas cookies.
The name krumkake literally means curved cake. They are baked on a hot iron and shaped into a cone using a conical rolling pin while still hot. These crispy wafers can be served alone but are often filled with whipped cream. They are also often served with multekrem or trollkrem.
4. Smultring
Smultring is a type of donut, although they are smaller and crispier than the American version. They also normally don’t have any glazing or filling, as opposed to American donuts. The rings are cut using a special cookie cutter and fried in smult, or lard.
Smultringer are eaten all year, and you can often buy them from trucks and stalls outside malls. They are particularly popular during the festive season and are considered one of the 7 slag made for Christmas.
5. Kransekake
Kransekake, literally, wreath cake, is a traditional dessert eaten on special occasions. It consists of numerous concentric cake rings shaped into a tower, thus, it is also referred to as a tårnkake, or tower cake. It often has 18 or more layers and the world’s tallest kransekake was baked in Oslo in 2006, standing over 13 meters tall.
The cake rings are crispy on the outside, yet chewy and soft on the inside. They are made with ground almonds, egg whites, and sugar. The cake is generally associated with festive occasions, such as christenings or weddings. It is often decorated with Norwegian flags and colorful party crackers. Read More...
