The phone rang this morning around 5:30 am. School was canceled today because of snowy conditions. About twenty minutes later my wife received a similar call from her school. This was the first snow day of the year. We went back to sleep. Today is February 5th, and that happens to be Runeberg's Day in Finland. Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877) is the national poet of Finland.
Having a day off gave me an opportunity to commemorate Runeberg's Day by baking some Runeberg's Pastries (Runebergin Torttu). Luckily I had all the ingredients in the house. Mixing the ingredients took about half and hour. Traditionally Runeberg's Torttus are cylinder shaped, but I have always made them in a cupcake forms.
The torttus are in the oven.
Here is the first patch. I took some artistic liberties while decorating them. Mr. Runeberg was said to have a sweet tooth so I decided to celebrate his legacy by overdoing the raspberry jam and sugar.
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