# List of Norwegian desserts

This is a list of Norwegian sweets and desserts. The cuisine of Norway refers to food preparation originating from Norway or having a played a great historic part in Norwegian cuisine. Norway also shares many dishes and influences with surrounding Scandinavian countries, such as Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.

## Characteristics

Norwegian desserts mainly feature small, tart fruits, such as strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, gooseberries, and cloudberries, due to their ability to grow in colder climates. Rye flour is a very common ingredient in bread-based recipes, as well as almonds and almond flavoring.
Holidays in Norway feature particularly decadent and intricate desserts, as Christmas is an important holiday in Norwegian culture.
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## Norwegian desserts

| Name | Description |
| Almond cake | Moist, sweet cake flavored and topped with almonds, typically featuring layers of cream in between cake layers |
| Berlinerkrans | Known as Berlin wreaths. A butter cookie curled into a wreath formation, typically served during Christmas |
| Bløtkake | Cream cake topped with a mixture of berries and frequently served during Constitution Day |
| Brødpudding | Pudding made from day-old bread, cream, eggs, syrup, and occasionally fruit or other toppings |
| Brune pinnar | Spiced, stick-shaped almond cookies made with syrup. Translates to brown pins |
| Byggrynskrem | Barley-based cream dessert, usually served with berries |
| Delfiakake | Uncooked flat, square or bar-shaped chocolate snack/dessert, similar to a fudgey chocolate brownie but with alternating lighter and darker areas |
| Dessertsuppe | Sweet soup made from sugar and fruit |
| Diplomatpudding | Pudding made in a mold, featuring ladyfingers soaked in rum or Kirsch flavored syrup, layered with candied fruit, apricot jam, and an egg custard or Bavarian cream |
| Dronning Mauds pudding | Pudding dessert that predominantly consists of cream, kogel mogel and chocolate |
| Eggedosis | Dessert made from sugar and eggs, whipped into a fluffy cream |
| Fastelavnsbolle | Traditional sweet roll filled with cream |
| Fattigmannsbakkels | Otherwise known as angel wings. Deep-fried and served during Christmas |
| Fruktkake | Cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits |
| Fruktsuppe | Dessert soup made from pureed fruit |
| Fyrstekake | Cake filled with almond, rum, and other fillings |
| Gløgg | Alcoholic drink usually made with red wine, along with various mulling spices and sometimes raisins, served hot or warm |
| Goro | Cookie similar to a cracker or thin waffle, made in a press |
| Havreflarn | Traditional oatmeal cookies |
| Ingefærkaker | Cake made with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg, as well as molasses |
| Julekake / Julebrød | Christmas bread filled with raisins and candied fruit and scented with cardamom |
| Jødekake | Round shortbread biscuit |
| Kalvedans (Råmjølkspudding) | Classic Scandinavian dessert. It is a pudding made from unpasteurized colostrum milk, the first milk produced by a cow after giving birth |
| Kanelstenger | Stick shaped cookies rolled in cinnamon |
| Karamellpudding | Pudding made with caramel and vanilla flavoring |
| Kokosmakroner | Coconut macaroons made of eggs, sugar, wheat flour and coconut |
| Kompott | Whole or pieces of fruit in sugar syrup. Whole fruits are cooked in water with sugar and spices |
| Kransekake | Rings of cakes stacked together with layers of vanilla icing in between |
| Norsk Kringle | Soft pastry typically topped with melted sugar |
| Krumkake | Thin waffle cookie rolled in a cone |
| Lefse | Thin pastry topped with different additives. Incarnations of it includeTynnlefse, Tjukklefse / Tykklefse, Nordlandslefse, and Anislefse |
| Marmorkake / Tigerkake | Cake with different flavors, usually chocolate and vanilla, mixed into one cake to create a marble texture |
| Marsipan | Confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract |
| Marsipankake | Sponge cake filled with jam or cream, topped with marzipan |
| Multekrem | Dessert made by mixing cloudberries with whipped cream and sugar |
| Munker | Fluffy fried pastry, rolled in a ball shape |
| Ostekake | Cake made from cream cheese and featuring a graham-cracker crust |
| Pepperkake | Crispy cookie made from ginger, cinnamon, and other spices |
| Peppernøtt | Small anise-flavored cookies |
| Pikekyss (marengs) | Cream dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream of tartar |
| Pleskener | Thick cookie made from sugar, butter, and flour. |
| Rabarbrapai | Pie stuffed with rhubarb and sugar, to balance out the tartness of the fruit |
| Riskrem | Dessert made of rice pudding mixed with whipped cream, sugar, vanilla, and chopped almonds |
| Russedessert | Sweet, wheat semolina dessert porridge made with berries, usually lingonberries |
| Rosettes (Rosettbakkels) | Thin, cookie-like fritters made with iron molds |
| Saftsuppe | Dessert soup made from various juices, water, and a thickening agent, usually either potato flour or cornstarch |
| Sago pudding | Sweet pudding made by combining sago pearls with either water or milk and adding sugar and sometimes additional flavourings |
| Sandbakelse | Butter cookies flavored with almond extract |
| Serinakaker | Almond-flavored butter cookies with sliced almonds and pearled sugar on top |
| Skolebrød | Buns filled with custard and topped with powdered sugar |
| Smultring | Traditional Norwegian doughnut |
| Spice cake | Moist cake spiced with various flavorings, usually cinnamon or allspice |
| Svele | Thick, pancake-like dessert served with brunost |
| Tilslørte bondepiker | Apple and cream trifle served in glasses |
| Troikakake | Layered chocolate cake |
| Trollkrem | Mousse made from lingonberries |
| Verdens Beste / Kvæfjordkake | Cake flavored with almonds and custard |
| Wreath cake rods (Kransekakestenger) | Small sticks of kransekake with a chocolate or icing sugar coating |

## Gallery

* Serinakaker cookies topped with pearled sugar
* Decorated pepperkaker cookies
* Sandkaker
* Jødekake
* Kransekake
* Bondepiker topped with bread crumbs and almond slivers
* Karamellpudding served in a dish
* Julebrød with berries