Traditional Swedish Wedding Cake

Sweden is a country with its own wedding traditions and customs including gifts that are given to the couple at their wedding.

Traditional swedish wedding cake. Swedish brides were. However the first generation of swedish americans often returned to the old traditions such as wearing the bridal crown. The different qualities of the powders provide nuances of color and flavor.

While some guests choose to stick to the more traditional swedish wedding gifts others opt for more modern wedding gifts to present to a swedish bride and groom. And to help us understand swedish wedding cakes we spoke with one of the official bakers of the swedish royal wedding cake pastry chef conrad thyrsén of dessert choklad stockholm. Published for zwt iii.

With the royal wedding that just happened and with my own wedding planning starting for 2016 i have weddings on the brain. During the wedding reception guests will typically sing songs. The traditional swedish wedding cake was usually a sponge cake with toffee icing.

The father of the bride and the father of the groom are both expected to give a speech at the wedding reception though it is common for any guest to give a speech if they want to. Very simple to make can be doubled and baked in a bundt pan or as in recipe states to create almond slices. In part 2 of our four part series of swedish wedding traditions we examine the most typical.

Recipe by um safia. Kransekake wreath or ring cake is the signature cake of scandinavia earning a stellar place at weddings birthdays graduations and holiday banquet tables made of several rings placed on top of each other and set in place with icing a traditional kransekake should have at least 18 rings whereas more celebratory cakes can have plenty more layers. I have had the privilege to attend a swedish wedding when my good friends anna and jörgen got married in 2012.

The dinner swedish wedding receptions will normally serve a three course meal or a buffét. Getting married in sweden is about as overwhelming as anywhere else but if you re not a native swede this event can seem even more daunting. A white dress and tuxedos just as their wedding celebrations are similar to weddings in other european countries or the usa.