# Lenten Semla Buns with Marzipan

Recipe by [Amir Haddad](https://fridge.menu/en/u/amirhaddad)

Soft cardamom buns filled with a marzipan-almond cream and topped with whipped cream, finished with a dusting of icing sugar.

Servings: 12 · Prep 40 min · Cook 18 min · Baking

Vegetarian · Contains: gluten, milk, nuts, eggs

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## Ingredients

- 20 g [Yeast](https://fridge.menu/en/i/yeast)
- 200 ml [Milk](https://fridge.menu/en/i/milk) — at room temperature
- 50 ml [Milk](https://fridge.menu/en/i/milk)
- 2 pcs [Eggs](https://fridge.menu/en/i/eggs)
- 125 g [Butter](https://fridge.menu/en/i/butter)
- 1 tsp [Vanilla sugar](https://fridge.menu/en/i/vanilla-sugar)
- 50 g [Caster sugar](https://fridge.menu/en/i/sugar)
- 1 tsp [Cardamom](https://fridge.menu/en/i/cardamom) — ground
- 0.5 tsp [Salt](https://fridge.menu/en/i/salt)
- 400 g [Plain flour](https://fridge.menu/en/i/flour)
- 1 pcs [Egg](https://fridge.menu/en/i/eggs) — beaten, for glazing
- 150 g [Marzipan](https://fridge.menu/en/i/marzipan)
- 50 g [Almonds](https://fridge.menu/en/i/almond) — roughly chopped
- 250 ml [Double cream](https://fridge.menu/en/i/whipping-cream) — for whipping
- 25 g [Icing sugar](https://fridge.menu/en/i/powdered-sugar) — for dusting

## Steps

1. Stir the yeast into a bowl with the room-temperature milk.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat.
3. Off the heat, stir in the melted butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, cardamom, salt and eggs into the bowl with the milk and yeast.
4. Sift in the flour and mix well to form a dough.
5. Knead the dough on low speed with a mixer for about 10 minutes, until smooth, soft and elastic.
6. Leave the dough to rise in the bowl on the kitchen counter, covered with a clean tea towel, for 30 minutes.
7. Shape the dough into equal round buns and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
8. Leave the buns to rise, covered with a clean cloth, for 60 minutes.
9. Brush the buns with beaten egg and bake in a preheated fan oven at 175°C for about 17-18 minutes.
10. Leave the buns to cool on a wire rack.
11. Cut off the top of each bun and set it aside for later.
12. Scoop out the inside of each bun and put the crumb into a blender together with the coarsely grated marzipan, chopped almonds and a little milk.
13. Blend quickly to a smooth, tasty cream. Spoon the filling back into the hollowed buns, top with whipped cream and cover with the bun's lid.
14. Dust with a little icing sugar before serving.

Published 2026-10-07

https://fridge.menu/en/r/marzipan-buns-a38i7mbd

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