It’s almost Christmas and I just wanted to pop in here to wish you all a very Merry Christmas holiday, if you celebrate it, and if not, a lovely couple of days free from work hopefully. I had lots of grand plans for this month, to decorate at t home and to make several Christmas […]
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Dear Photo Diary | a winter without colors
I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe that winter’s tough, but spring’s coming. I believe that there’s a growing season. And I think that you realize that in life, you grow. You get better. Steve Southerland Dear Photo Diary, I am sorry that I have ignored you for so long. It […]
Mmm! The Smell of Home baked Saffron Buns
The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood… Richard Paul Evans Around here saffron buns in December is a tradition. We make a yellow dough, we leave it to rise on it’s own, we cut it, roll it and make kittens out of it. Well, at least the buns are called cats in Swedish. […]
Make a wish
Yesterday was my brothers 20th birthday. It was a beautiful day, and we had drinks in the garden. My dad made delicious food (as always, I adore his cooking). I was happy to be asked to bake the cake, and then to light the candles. A few seconds later my brother blew all of them […]
Video | The making and baking of Lucia Buns
How to bake the Swedish version of saffron buns called lussebulle around here? Get a cup of coffee, and sit back and watch because I just uploaded the saffron bun baking video. There you’ll see how we do it – step by step. Related PostsKurbits – painting the Dala Horse Midsummer traditions in Sweden Bright […]
Swedish Saffron Buns a.k.a. Lussebullar
Every year about this time we make a batch of yummy saffron buns. It is one of my favorite traditions even though I otherwise avoid the kitchen. This year I have decided to share the recipe here on my blog. It is because of Pam’s International Winter Holiday Cookie Recipe Swap (love the festive name!), […]
Favorite Recipe Cards – free to print and share
* Empty recipe cards (pdf) – print it and fill in your own favorites The recipe for Swedish saffron buns I bake these every December before Christmas. Swedish they are called lussebulle and while I did my own recipe card I created a free PDF for you all to download. Above is a PDF with […]
How to bake a Birthday Girl Chocolate Cake
Let’s all eat some cake this weekend in celebration of my 1000:th post and my 33rd birthday, shall we? I would like to invite you all, but the cake I made yesterday has already been eaten by my family, and you all couldn’t even fit into the house even if you lived closer than you […]
How to make your own wedding cake (or ten) with su...
I’m a photographer and not a cook, so this is not a recipe but a photo-journal of the Day Before the Wedding of my friend Maris and her fiancé! I had the honor this Midsummer to take their wedding photos, but before church I was involved in a lot of pre-wedding activities and I had […]
Mini Gingerbread Houses in Christmas village
We made nine (9!) Mini Gingerbread Houses this year. I decorated three, my cousin Charlotta made three, my brother two and my mother one. Creating a Christmas Village takes a whole family of dedicated bakers. Here they are: The backside of two of my houses. They are happy houses, can you tell? The house of […]
Fun Adventures in the Kitchen
I’ve been wanting to make miniature gingerbread houses for more than a year now, but last Christmas we went to fjällen and no houses got created around here. But then this year my sweet cousin wanted to make houses too, so we hooked up and made a couple (nine!) together. I think this was one […]
Saint Lucia and saffron buns
The night treads heavily around yards and dwellings In places unreached by sun, the shadows brood Into our dark house she comes, bearing lighted candles, Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia. Lucia is celebrated in Sweden on December 13th every year. Lucia is presented as a woman (or a girl) with long hair in a white plain […]