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Semla Buns recipe: eat like a Scandi on ‘Fat Tuesday’
14 ingredients
30 min + 10 min
12 people
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Cardamom buns with whipped cream and marzipan are traditionally eaten across Scandinavia on ‘Fat Tuesday’ – the day before Lent. Try making your own!
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
Directions
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