This is a list of Norwegian sweets and desserts. The cuisine of Norway refers to food preparation originating from Norway or having a played a great historic part in Norwegian cuisine. Norway also shares many dishes and influences with surrounding Scandinavian countries, such as Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.
Characteristics Norwegian desserts mainly feature small, tart fruits, such as strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, gooseberries, and cloudberries, due to their ability to grow in colder climates. Rye flour is a very common ingredient in bread-based recipes, as well as almonds and almond flavoring.
Holidays in Norway feature particularly decadent and intricate desserts, as Christmas is an important holiday in Norwegian culture.
Norwegian desserts
Name Image Description Almond cake Moist, sweet cake flavored and topped with almonds, typically featuring layers of cream in between cake layers Berlinerkrans Known as Berlin wreaths. A butter cookie curled into a wreath formation, typically served during Christmas Bløtkake Cream cake topped with a mixture of berries and frequently served during Constitution Day Brødpudding Pudding made from day-old bread, cream, eggs, syrup, and occasionally fruit or other toppings Brune pinnar Spiced, stick-shaped almond cookies made with syrup. Translates to brown pins Byggrynskrem Barley-based cream dessert, usually served with berries Delfiakake Uncooked flat, square or bar-shaped chocolate snack/dessert, similar to a fudgey chocolate brownie but with alternating lighter and darker areas Dessertsuppe Sweet soup made from sugar and fruit Diplomatpudding Pudding made in a mold, featuring ladyfingers soaked in rum or Kirsch flavored syrup, layered with candied fruit, apricot jam, and an egg custard or Bavarian cream Dronning Mauds pudding Pudding dessert that predominantly consists of cream, kogel mogel and chocolate Eggedosis Dessert made from sugar and eggs, whipped into a fluffy cream Fastelavnsbolle Traditional sweet roll filled with cream Fattigmannsbakkels Otherwise known as angel wings. Deep-fried and served during Christmas Fruktkake Cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits Fruktsuppe Dessert soup made from pureed fruit Fyrstekake Cake filled with almond, rum, and other fillings Gløgg Alcoholic drink usually made with red wine, along with various mulling spices and sometimes raisins, served hot or warm Goro Cookie similar to a cracker or thin waffle, made in a press Havreflarn Traditional oatmeal cookies Ingefærkaker Cake made with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg, as well as molasses Julekake / Julebrød Christmas bread filled with raisins and candied fruit and scented with cardamom Jødekake Round shortbread biscuit Kalvedans (Råmjølkspudding) Classic Scandinavian dessert. It is a pudding made from unpasteurized colostrum milk, the first milk produced by a cow after giving birth Kanelstenger Stick shaped cookies rolled in cinnamon Karamellpudding Pudding made with caramel and vanilla flavouring Kokosmakroner Coconut macaroons made of eggs, sugar, wheat flour and coconut Kompott Whole or pieces of fruit in sugar syrup. Whole fruits are cooked in water with sugar and spices Kransekake Rings of cakes stacked together with layers of vanilla icing in between Norsk Kringle Soft pastry typically topped with melted sugar Krumkake Thin waffle cookie rolled in a cone Lefse Thin pastry topped with different additives. Incarnations of it includeTynnlefse, Tjukklefse / Tykklefse, Nordlandslefse, and Anislefse Marmorkake / Tigerkake Cake with different flavors, usually chocolate and vanilla, mixed into one cake to create a marble texture Marsipan Confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract Marsipankake Sponge cake filled with jam or cream, topped with marzipan Multekrem Dessert made by mixing cloudberries with whipped cream and sugar Munker Fluffy fried pastry, rolled in a ball shape Ostekake Cake made from cream cheese and featuring a graham-cracker crust Pepperkake Crispy cookie made from ginger, cinnamon, and other spices Peppernøtt Small anise-flavored cookies Pikekyss (marengs) Cream dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream of tartar Pleskener Thick cookie made from sugar, butter, and flour. Rabarbrapai Pie stuffed with rhubarb and sugar, to balance out the tartness of the fruit Riskrem Dessert made of rice pudding mixed with whipped cream, sugar, vanilla, and chopped almonds Russedessert Sweet, wheat semolina dessert porridge made with berries, usually lingonberries Rosettes (Rosettbakkels) Thin, cookie-like fritters made with iron molds Saftsuppe Dessert soup made from various juices, water, and a thickening agent, usually either potato flour or cornstarch Sago pudding Sweet pudding made by combining sago pearls with either water or milk and adding sugar and sometimes additional flavourings Sandbakelse Butter cookies flavored with almond extract Serinakaker Almond-flavored butter cookies with sliced almonds and pearled sugar on top Skolebrød Buns filled with custard and topped with powdered sugar Smultring Traditional Norwegian doughnut Spice cake (Krydderkake) Moist cake spiced with various flavorings, usually cinnamon or allspice Svele Thick, pancake-like dessert served with brunost Tilslørte bondepiker Apple and cream trifle served in glasses Troikakake Layered chocolate cake Trollkrem Mousse made from lingonberries Verdens Beste / Kvæfjordkake Cake flavored with almonds and custard Wreath cake rods (Kransekakestenger) Small sticks of kransekake with a chocolate or icing sugar coating
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See also Norwegian cuisine List of Norwegian dishes List of desserts
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