Vete-Katten Götgatan — Specialty Store in SoFo, Stockholm
Vete-Katten Götgatan, on Götgatan in SoFo, is where you go for the Princess cake: a green marzipan dome over vanilla cream, the dessert this 1928 café built its name on.
The short answer
Vete-Katten Götgatan is a specialty shop on Götgatan in SoFo, Stockholm, and the Princess cake is what you order: vanilla cream under a green marzipan dome. The room keeps its 1928 character in light marble and brass, and it works as well for breakfast as for fika. Weekdays it opens at 7 am and closes at 8 pm.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
Marble, brass and a green marzipan dome
This is one branch of Vete-Katten, and its own corner of SoFo on Götgatan is what sets it apart: a café room of light marble and polished brass that carries the 1928 heritage the house trades on, with tables that fill up around the cakes.
The Princess cake is the one to get first, a semicircular dome of green marzipan with a pink marzipan rose on top and vanilla cream underneath. Beyond it, the cardamom and cinnamon buns are the standard order, the cheesecake earns its place on the counter, and the saffron and pistachio pastry sits alongside the Budapest roll and the massarinen as the ones worth pointing at. If you want something savoury, the shrimp sandwich comes on Skagen batter, generously filled.
Coffee comes with free refills, and the latte holds up better than the chai. The room is at its best in the evening, when it stays open until 8 pm on weekdays and there is space to sit; at busier times the noise rises and there is no wifi to fall back on.
Prices run high for what a bun is. Ordering a whole cake for a celebration is handled helpfully, including gender reveal orders.
It suits a slow breakfast, a fika stop in SoFo, or picking up a cake to carry away, rather than a cheap quick coffee.
What to look for
Princess cake
A green marzipan dome over vanilla cream, finished with a pink marzipan rose, and the reason to come.
Cardamom and cinnamon buns
The everyday order here; well made, though the price sits high for a bun.
Shrimp sandwich with Skagen batter
The savoury option at the counter, fresh and generously filled.
The pick list
What to bring home
Cardamom and cinnamon buns
A standard order, and the buns are well made.
Princess cake
The signature dessert is the vanilla cream and green marzipan dome.
Shrimp sandwich with Skagen batter
The savoury pick at the counter, fresh and generously filled, and the coffee alongside it holds up.
Saffron and pistachio pastry
Worth taking with the Budapest roll and the massarinen when you are choosing pastries.
Who is this for
Anyone chasing a proper Swedish fika in SoFo should come for the Princess cake and the marble-and-brass room it is served in. If you are ordering a celebration cake, the counter handles whole-cake and gender reveal orders with care. And if you want a sit-down breakfast before a day on Götgatan, the 7 am weekday opening gets you in early.
The verdict
Prices run high for buns and pastries, so this is a sit-down fika stop for the Princess cake and the marble room rather than a cheap everyday bakery.
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