Happy Shrove Tuesday, or as the Estonians say, head vastlapäeva! I last blogged about this day a few years ago when we made pea soup, which is one of the foods traditionally eaten on this day in Estonia. The other food associated with today is the vastlakukkel — a lightly sweetened yeast bun with the cap sliced off, topped with a hefty swirl of whipped cream and a dusting of powdered sugar. Some of them also contain jam under the whipped cream, like this one I picked up on the way home from choir rehearsal this evening. Yum.
I made these a few years ago…. they were absolutely delicious!
Interesting, we have the same pastry in Sweden called a “Semla” with almond paste instead of jam. ( I suppose it is not so strange since you are right across the baltic) They are so yummy, I wrote a post about them today as well.
I looove almond paste, so your version sounds even better than ours! I’m jealous.