The Cake Was So Big, It Didn’t Fit Through the Door! (Sandra Vlasova)
Kliņģeris & CAKES JUNE 2026 The Cake Was So Big, It Didn’t Fit Through the Door! (Sandra Vlasova) Bergen, Norway The cake was so big that it couldn’t be carried out the door! (Sandra Vlasova) ℹ️ How to watch with English subtitles:Turn on CC → Settings → Subtitles → Auto-translate → English https://youtu.be/UO0VbHdBmzs JUNE Stories The Cake Was So Big, It Didn’t Fit Through the Door! (Sandra Vlasova) Almonds Or Crumble? (Andris and Daiga Rūtiņi) The Torte Was Rolling Down the Road (Rasma Barbee) Honey Cake in 40 Degree Heat (Baibe Sechi) 1, 2, 3, Alexander Cake! (Ingrīda Mazutis) No posts found
The Torte Was Rolling Down the Road (Rasma Barbee)
Rasma remembers how her mother baked 15–20 cakes and tortes every year for the town fair in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where the family represented the Latvian booth.
Honey Cake in 40 Degree Heat (Baibe Sechi)
As a child, Baiba often ate honey cake in the school cafeteria. Now, living in Italy, Baiba has taken to making it herself, even when it’s 40 degrees outside!
Fishing and Smoking at the 3×3 Gathering
Watch how children and adults took part in fishing and fish smoking at the Norway 3×3 gathering in the summer of 2025.
Fish in Tomato Sauce (Inga Rozīte Escalera)
Inga ate fish in tomato sauce at Easter during her childhood. The recipe was inherited from her grandmother, but Inga learned how to prepare it from her mother. Inga says that it is very simple to make — and tastes fantastic!
Kristapsons Smoked Salmon
Ādolfs Kristapsons (1908–2010), after arriving in Canada as a refugee, opened his own shop in 1953.
Suddenly It Rings, and You Have to Jump and Get to Work (Viktors Brenners)
Viktors has been eel fishing his whole life. In childhood, he did it together with his father, brother, and his father’s friend Griķis, but now he does it with his Latvian friends.
Caraway Seeds from Latvia and a Little Vodka in the Soup (Solvita & Mārtiņš Dambrovskis)
Solvita and Mārtiņš live in Denmark, where they enjoy angling, fishing, smoking, and grilling fish while following Latvian traditions.
“Kundziņš” Rasols (Inta Gertners)
In Inta Gertners’ family, there is a very unusual rasols recipe that she inherited from her grandmother, Milda Veidis (b. 1901).
Aspic Recipes from Diaspora Cookbooks
Here is a collection of several aspic recipes from diaspora cookbooks — starting with Dzidra Zeberiņa’s “Ģimenes pavārds” (USA, 1955) recipe for aspic, and ending with Balva and Atis Bredovskis’ recipe for Muzikantu gaļa (Musician’s meat) — a recipe they recorded while living in the ‘Kristus dārzs’ retirement home in Canada.