To go with the meat there is gelee or jam, made from lingonberry, cranberry or rowan berry. Most Finnish desserts are made from berries. They are served au naturel or stewed and thickened with cornflower or potato starch. Many tourists have first been surprised, then delighted, by the unusual combination of cold, almost frozen, cranberries with hot toffee sauce. Another popular dessert is northern Finnish egg cheese warmed in cream and served with cloudberry jam.
Finnish crepes are small and served with strawberry or raspberry jam.
With a bit of luck the traveler might come across a crepe frying party. These giant size crepes are made of wheat and barley flour and fried at the bottom of a huge cast iron cauldron outdoors, weather permitting. Lapland has had a strong influence on Finnish cooking. Salmon, reindeer or willow grouse, followed by golden colored cloudberries for dessert, are part of the Lapp menu on special occasions.