Scandilicious Baking

by Signe Johansen

Discover the secrets of great baking with Scandilicious flair... Scandinavian baking is among the best in the world. Deeply ingrained in the culture, it is a distinctive part of the Nordic identity, history and well-being. Welcome to a world where cakes made with real butter are celebrated rather than feared, where entire festivals are dedicated to baking and where it is believed there is nothing quite like the thrill of making one's own bread, Christmas biscuits or cardamom buns. Following on from the success of SECRETS OF SCANDINAVIAN COOKING...SCANDILICIOUS, Signe Johansen shares with us a mouth-watering selection of traditional and modern baked treats. Think moreish musli bread hot from the oven; pumpkin, cheese and sage muffins that pack a real flavour punch; and irresistable redcurrant mazarin tart or upside-down blueberry cake - perfect for summer entertaining. Dipping into seasonal fare, and finishing with a chapter on Christmas treats and gifts, SCANDILICIOUS BAKING will soon become a kitchen favourite.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Scandinavian Literature, Nonfiction

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2012

Reviews

[Kirstin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I want to love this book. I LOVE the ideas of the recipes. However, there are some CRUCIAL errors in the recipes. And a lot of copy/paste in the instructions, from recipe to recipe. Baker beware: you need to use critical thinking as you look at proportions of ingredients....

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book used at my local used book store (only my 2nd trip into a 'nonessential' business since March!!!

Oh 2020, what a fun year you were.

Since like everyone else I am fermenting bread while fomenting unrest, I decided to try some of the bread recipes first.

I love the ideas in the book, but I've had to make substantial changes to every recipe I've tried so far.

For a redcurrant tart---it does not need the pie crust, it bakes like a cake, a really good cornmeal and almond cake with fresh fruit....

a pretzel recipe without the liquid, I had to add liquid until the dough felt right

some confusion about actual measurements, and the measurements I grew up using here in the states, but google helped me with that. I am going to continue to use it for inspiration, but maybe not so much for directions.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Before this book I must admit that apart from Santa Lucia buns, I really knew very little about Scandinavian baking. Thanks to this well laid out book with such good photographs I've been convinced to branch out-maybe into sirapslimpa. Johansen is chatty, giving a good but not too wordy background to the recipes which are clearly described and rarely more than a page and half long.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The downside of this book is that there are not alot of pictures and some if not most are very involved. With that being said I really liked this book, probably because this is part of my heritage. The recipes were very diverse taking in all of the Scandinavian region. Moreover, the book inside is visually beautiful.

[Robin Machado · Rating 5 out of 5]

One Grandmother's kitchen with the whole family

It was if I walked back 50 years to family meals with multiple generations, laughter, prayers, kids everywhere, and happy moments these scents revive.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love love love!!!! I've already made several recipes from it!!

[Kim1983 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book! Beautiful recipes, can't wait to make them all :)

[Nadia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another lovely Scandinavian cookbook!