I saw Ina make these cheese Danish on Barefoot Contessa. They are easy, quick and very delicious. What’s not to like? They are wonderful served warm as well as the following day at room temperature. After the pastries are filled and folded, Ina tells you to refrigerate the pastries for 15 minutes before baking…which I failed to do. So [...]
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Easy Cheese Danish
Posted in Breakfast, Danish, Dessert, Pastry, Quick and Easy, tagged breakfast, cheese, Danish, dessert, easy, pastry, puff pastry on October 3, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Almond Coconut Mousse Cake
Posted in Cake, Dessert, tagged almond, cake, coconut, dessert, mousse on September 19, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Friday was my husband Joseph’s birthday and he loves coconut. I have been wanting to make a layered cake and I have been wanting to make mousse, so when I saw this cake I thought it was perfect. And it was! Coconut flavor, a slight crunch from the ground almonds and delicious cold mousse….wonderful! I [...]
Kransekage and celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary
Posted in Cake, Danish, Dessert, Pastry, tagged bryllup, cake, Danish, dansk, kransekage, marcipan, marzipan, nytår on August 23, 2011 | 21 Comments »
On August 23rd Joseph and I will be celebrating our Silver Wedding Anniversary, 25 years together with my Soulmate, my Best Friend and the Love of my Life. When I first met Joseph on that bus stop in Danmark and he looked at me and smiled, my life changed forever. Our lives together has been an adventure that I [...]
Hindbær Roulade – Raspberry Swiss Roll
Posted in Cake, Danish, Dessert, tagged dansk, hindbær, jelly roll, marmalade, raspberry, roulade, swiss roll on July 4, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Roulade is one of my (many) favorite cakes and my mother use to make a fantastic roulade with a raspberry cream. I wanted to make some version of her cake and this is what I came up with. Roulade can be a very intimidating dessert to make, I know I felt a bit anxious about it myself. [...]
Lagkage med jordbær og marcipan – Layered cake with strawberries and marcipan
Posted in Danish, Dessert, tagged cake, custard, Danish, dansk, jordbær, kagecreme, lagkage, layered, layered cake, makroner, marcipan, sponge cake, strawberries on May 30, 2011 | 19 Comments »
I have been meaning to make a real Danish Lagkage for quite some time now, but for some reason, I kept putting it off. Then I went to my friend Tina’s house for our monthly Danish meeting and she served the most wonderful Lagkage which really inspired me. Thanks Tina The following morning I started researching Danish Lagkager and [...]
Citronmåne – Lemon Moon Cake
Posted in Cake, Danish, Dessert, tagged cake, citronmåne, Danish, lemon, marzipan, moon, zest on April 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »
First of all, I want to say Thank You to everyone for your well wishes to my husband. These last couple of weeks have indeed been trying times but I am glad to say that he is slowly getting better. It is heartwarming to see the closeness and kindness there is within the Food Blogging [...]
Æblekage med Makroner – Apple Cake with Macaroons
Posted in Danish, Dessert, tagged apple, æblekage, cake, Danish, dessert, macaroons, makroner, whipped cream on April 4, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Here is a Danish Apple Cake with crushed Macaroons. It is not a “cake” per se but rather a sweet, cold and refreshing dessert. Make sure to adjust the amount of sugar to your liking, taking into account that the macaroons are also very sweet. The macaroons I used here are very crisp and crumble [...]






