Monday, December 23, 2013

PRINCESS CAKE!!!!
Should it be capitalized? I suppose not, but it is so darned good, I am going grammatically crazy and capitalizing it anyway!

And so what is it?  If you have ever had cassata cake in Cleveland, it is reminiscent of that. [Cleveland promotional commercial: ] Cleveland's cassata cake is unique - and amazing - and is, by the way, chef Mario Batali's favorite version. For more on Cleveland's cassata cake, you might want to look at this http://www.nwitimes.com/niche/shore/blogs/will-travel-for-food/mario-batali-s-pick-corbo-s-bakery-cassata-cake/article_f1ab1957-30c3-5715-b850-3a9b98ac08c7.html  Or just visit Cleveland, and while you are there, go to the Westside market, walk through the Metro Parks, listen to the amazing orchestra....oh wait, sorry,  this is supposed to be about Sweden.

Honey and Soy blogger conveniently posted this picture which I think is great because it labels the layers.



One day last week, I had a taste for Princess cake.  You may be thinking, "Why don't you just eat it every day?"  You may have a point, but I try to resist.  Anyway, we went to the local chain bakery and bought a slice.  Princess cake basically always looks like the above picture.  But since it is Yul, this cake was seasonally decorated.

If you are interested in making a princess cake and live elsewhere, you may have to make it from scratch. Which will be delicious, but a little time consuming. Here in Sweden, however, it is pretty easy because you can easily buy the pieces and parts and just construct the cake.  There is an adorable youtube video which illustrates the construction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9eWOXJZKf8
Either way- Enjoy!

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Monday, December 9, 2013

The Nobel.
Today, December 10th, is the day. 
Last year I wrote the following on a FB post::

J and I had some good friends over for dinner. As it turns out, today is a special day in Sweden. The Nobel ceremonies are December 10th. So we watched some of the festivities on television. It was fun. Our Swedish friends want the world to know that it is Norway, not Sweden, who picks the *peace* prize recipient. Sweden picks the other winners. Apparently Norway and Sweden were both under the same monarchy when the prizes were originated, and the responsibility for choosing the winners was thus divided. According to our friends, the Swede's choose their winners for that which the person(s) have accomplished, but the Norwegians (may) choose their recipient for what they hope that/those person(s) will accomplish. 
Below is from (translated) SVT ( Swedish public broadcasting - to which, BTW, we pay a hefty obligatory tax).  The picture will not copy and paste perfectly.  If you want to view "the real thing", which of course is active, please click on the provided link (while it remains online). The festivities will be broadcast most of the day.  











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