Swedish Cakes and Cookies

by Melody Favish

Book Overview

Swedish Cakes and Cookies has become a modern classic since it was first published in 1945. Modernized and improved over the years, today's full-color edition, with beautiful photographs of each recipe, contains nearly 300 recipes. Some, such as Berry Muffins, Coconut Macaroons, Linzer Torte, and Jelly Doughnuts, may be familiar, while others, such as German Lemon Cake, Almond Meringues, Truffle Tarts, and Toffee Crunch Torte, are deliciously unique...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602392625
• ISBN13: 9781602392625
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Swedish Cakes and Cookies

If you love dessert or grew up in a Swedish American household, you will love this book. If you love to bake, this is for you. Not haughty, this cookbook is filled with recipes that are both impressive (but doable for the home baker)and those old fashioned comfort desserts you might remember.

great little / big book

A compact book with a nice selection of recipes and a huge number of them for such a small book. Each recipe comes with a colored picture. Some recipes have a small description but with the colored pictures, for many an introduction is not necessary and they don't bother. Nicely laid out with metric and imperial measurements (no conversions or translation needed). I can believe this book has been around for 63 years. It is not pretentious or trendy but packs a lot in a small space and may become what I consider a standby book. One of the ones you reach for and always seem to find something that will work. Also a big plus, most of the ingredients are easy to come by.

Awesome and diverse.

I found this book at a library and since I am a pastry student, I was thinking it would have a few interesting things in it. I underestimated how good this book would be. There are so many recipes and a lot of pictures to illustrate what the recipe will look like when completed. And maybe even just to make you salivate. There is a picture for nearly every recipe. The pictures are medium size and no frills, but I don't mind because this is such a great reference for any devoted baker. I intend to make some of these items for my portfolio.

Excellent !!

I have been cooking from the Swedish version of this book for years and had to translate into english. The cakes and cookies are absolutely terrific. Great to find it in English for friends.

Swedish Cakes and Cookies (Sju sorters kakor)

ICA bokförlag Hardcover. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2", 192 pages. Description: Known in Sweden as "Sju sorters kakor," this little book is a modern classic. It has featured cookies, cakes, breads, tortes and other delights of the Swedish cake table since 1945. Available in English for the first time, this book has been modernized and improved over the years. Today's edition, with almost 300 recipes, is a combination of new, modern cakes and pastries, as well as classic favorites. Full-color photographs on every page will inspire even the most reluctant baker to whip up a batch or two of Swedish cookies!