stockholm weekend pics

it was a saturday of sweet prinsesstårta, the best charcuterie and homework!

kai's hand taking away his prinsesstårta, he couldn't wait for me to get the perfect pic... learning photography is hard!

seasonal desserts are such a fun thing in sweden.

prinsesstårta - princess cake - is a layer cake made of alternating layers of airy sponge cake, a vanilla pastry cream, and a thick mound of whipped cream.  this is topped with a green marzipan and a cherry on top.  individual portions are made too, as pictured.  

once the semla season has ended, around easter time, the bakery windows are adorned with prinsesstårta.  i believe they are the dessert to eat leading up to national sweden day but also it's the cake for birthday celebrations anytime of the year and in september when funds are raised for a children's charity organized by princess victoria.  

although stefan and i find it too sweet, kai loves it!

stefan and kai went to the licorice festival being held at the ericsson globe sampling licorice honey, licorice chocolate, licorice cereal, etc.  while i puttered about town trying to take "street photos" for my photography class and running errands.  i didn't last very long due to the rain, snow and hail!   

for dinner, we at at the hairy pig deli. a tiny restaurant that maybe seats 20 persons.  their menu is tapas style with little plates of exploding flavour - the red pepper and roasted potato dish was to die for so we had seconds, of course!  a selection of cured meats including capicola, a childhood favourite.  their homemade sausage on a bun to round out the meal was just right.  and the waiter was super lovely too, he gifted me a chocolate cake slice since their blueberry cheesecake, that i was looking forward to, was sold out.  if you live in or are visiting stockholm, do visit!  you won't be disappointed. 

with both my boys away from home on sunday, stefan on a plane to vancouver and kai hanging out with a friend going to the movies and playing video games, i stayed put.  i cleaned, tidied, organized, and re-organized my home. it felt good.

hope you had a lovely spring weekend, snow and cold free!