JULE KAGE.

JULE KAGE. Annalisa sent us this recipe for jule kage. She added: “I liked reading the comments (below the recipe) that talk about the different spellings and traditions in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. They are all very proud of the individual country they come from and the knowledge of their culture.” She especially liked the comment: “My Norwegian grandmother made this for years, and now my 90-year-old mother continues to make our ‘Norwegian Christman Bread’ using Gram’s huge bread-mixer. Mom sends it to family in Alaska, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Maryland, and New York State every year; our whole family always saves it for Christmas morning breakfast!” When I was growing up, we had jule kage for breakfast all during the Christmas season, including Christmas Day. In my mother’s last years, Mary Jane would express mail some loaves of jule kage to her each Christmas.