The retro Swedish dessert is popping up on US menus and TikTok feeds. The story of how we got here is as layered as the marzipan confection itself – and surprisingly subversive
This spring, something strange started happening at the Fillmore Bakery in San Francisco, which specializes in old-school European desserts.
Excited customers kept asking the bakery’s co-owner, Elena Basegio, “Did you see about the princess cake online?”
