Being brought up in Sweden, the concept of “fika” is incredibly important to me (just like it is for every other Swede). Fika is a Swedish term that means something similar to the English “tea time”, or the basic meaning “to have coffee”, always accompanied with pastries or baked goods – most often buns, or more specifically: cinnamon buns.

Cinnamon buns are something every Swede is brought up with and for most of us one of our first food memories as children probably include baking these delicious buns at home. The aroma from cinnamon buns is one of the most nostalgic ones I know!

A fun fact: recently the EU enforced a legislation to regulare the amount of cinnamon used in baked goods, limited to 15mg per kilo. This would have meant a huge threat and possible ban to the Swedish cinnamon buns, but Sweden “got away with it” by classing the cinnamon bun a traditional seasonal dish, with a permitted cinnamon level over three times higher, at 50mg per kilo.

As you can imagine, the Swedes breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Here is a vegan version of the cinnamon bun that tastes just like the original!