My Momoko

In Sweden, this day in February is marked by eating a traditional pastry, called semla, a sweet bun filled with almond paste and whipped cream.
Today, semlor are available in shops and bakeries every day from shortly after Christmas until Easter. Originally, the pastry was only eaten on this day, sometimes served in a bowl of hot milk and with cinnamon.
Everyone has their own way of eating semla and a tradition around it. The semla is now often eaten as a regular pastry, without the hot milk.

<center>Lisa taste my semla


- 'What is this white fluff?' / - 'It's whipped cream'


- 'It was yummy!'
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Thank you for introducing this wonderful Sweden tradition. I have seen these cream puff pastries in the store all the time, but did not know they are Sweden’s specialty. I love Semla very much.
BTW, the cheongsam looks very nice on Lisa.

Thank you! Very interesting! February 16th is semla day!!
What is it celebrating?

Those look a lot like a cream puff! Is the almond paste inside? Under the whipped cream?

(As for cream puffs, I much prefer whipped cream instead of the eclair filling the Japanese cream puff chain Beard Papa uses.)

EDIT: P.S. Love how she "eats" the whipped cream. She looks perfect to go with fluffy pastries.

Looks yummy

Looks yummy! Mmmm!

Antique Dreaming is darling! I love mine!

Smiles Zoila

IngerK wrote:

So cute!

Thanks for the cultural lesson, IngerK. I never knew this holiday existed.

Any holiday that let's you eat sweets is alright by me.

Any holiday that let's you eat sweets is alright by me

Very interesting! I'm going to the bakery now!!

Mmmm ... the pastry looks yummy.

Love the pictures!

I'm from Sweden too but I cant even remember why we eat semlor (thats plural for semla). It's the kind of thing we learned in school but I never did listen much. And personally I dont like semla...

Also, the almond paste is usually under the cream but some mix it with the cream instead.


Edit: Checked Wikipedia and it seems semla have something to do with the fast.

how neat! I think they have something similar in Norway, I had a friend who lived there.

I also love the cheongsam on Lisa, she looks adorable in it!