It's the time of year here in Sweden when we always eat a very special kind of pastry that we call "Semla". Centuries ago when Roman Catholicism reigned cardamom buns were served and were meant to sustain palates about to endure forty days of fasting. At first, a semla was simply a bun, eaten soaked in hot milk, but it has now developed into a cardamom-spiced wheat bun which has its top cut off, and is then filled with filled with whipped cream and almond paste. Today people can hardly wait ... VIEW POST