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Semla Buns recipe: eat like a Scandi on ‘Fat Tuesday’
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Semla Buns recipe: eat like a Scandi on ‘Fat Tuesday’

14 ingredients 30 min + 10 min 12 people openrecipes

Cardamom buns with whipped cream and marzipan are traditionally eaten across Scandinavia on ‘Fat Tuesday’ – the day before Lent. Try making your own!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

909
Calories
28g
Protein
32g
Fat
123g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Marzipan not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 25 fresh yeast (if using dried, read instructions on packet for equivalent)
  • g melted butter
  • 80 whole milk
  • g caster sugar
  • 250 salt
  • ml baking powder
  • 40 egg, lightly beaten
  • g ground cardamom
  • 0.5 -400g plain flour (depending on the type of flour you use, this can increase or decrease)
  • tsp ‘50%’ Marzipan (also known as ‘Mandelmassa’). If you cannot get hold of this, get the highest almond percentage paste you can get.
  • 1 good dollop of custard (or use a dash of milk)
  • tsp whipping cream
  • 0.5 vanilla sugar
  • 2 icing sugar to dust

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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