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Bedstefars Skæg – Grandfathers Beard

March 1, 2017 by mydanishkitchen

Bedstefars Skæg

Bedstefars Skæg

This cake is one of those old-fashioned danish cake that you may, or may not, remember from your childhood. I am not really sure I tasted this cake when I was a child, but the topic came up and it just sounded so delicious that I had to make it (anything with meringue, and I’m game). And the cake did not disappoint. The cake is soft and buttery and the combination of raspberry and soft, sweet meringue is very delicious. Enjoy!

Bedstefars Skæg (16 servings)

Ingredients:

185 g unsalted butter, room temperature (6.5 oz)

225 g sugar (8 oz)

3 egg yolks

275 g all-purpose flour (9.7 oz)

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

175 ml milk (6 fl oz)

6 oz seedless raspberry jam

3 egg whites, room temperature

185 g sugar (6.5 oz)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200 degrees C (390 degrees F). Spray a 9 x 13 inch  (23 x 33 cm) pan with baking spray and line pan with parchment paper extending over edges, set aside.

Beat butter and suger until smooth. Add egg yolks one at the time and continue to beat until homogeneous. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into butter mixture, add milk and using a spatula fold everything together until smooth, batter will be a little thick. Drop batter into prepared pan and spread out into corners. Bake for 15 minutes and let cake rest on a cooling rack while meringue is made.

Beat egg whites until frothy, slowly add sugar and beat on high speed until stiff peaks form.

Spread raspberry jam out over cake in a thin layer. Top the cake off with the meringue, sealing the edges and bake for another 15 minutes or until golden. Serve at room temperature and enjoy!

Source: slightly adapted from Anne Au Chocolat

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Posted in Cake, Danish | Tagged Bedstefars skæg, cake, Danish, dansk, grandfathers beard, kage, marengs, meringue | 7 Comments

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  1. on March 11, 2017 at 09:13 Sid

    Mom made this a few times, but I had no idea what it was called. I appreciate knowing the name. I’ve been known to call my sisters and try to describe a cake or dish to find out the name. Mom didn’t always tells us what something was called and a lot of the time, I didn’t ask either.
    BTW, I’ve shared a couple of your recipes in my FB group called “Dansk Mad og Opskrifter (Danish Food and Recipes) , including the Marmorkage’s today. .


    • on March 11, 2017 at 09:35 mydanishkitchen

      Thanks for sharing Sid. I’m not familiar with that FB page, I’ll have to check it out.


  2. on March 4, 2017 at 07:22 Karen

    The only cake I remember my g-grandmother making is the applesauce cake. This looks wonderful and I’m adding it to my “to do” list. Thanks.


    • on March 5, 2017 at 05:09 mydanishkitchen

      Karen, my pleasure.


  3. on March 1, 2017 at 16:50 phyllis@oracibo

    Sounds and looks so good! My grandmother was a meringue lover and every Christmas sent us a huge box of Danish treats, which always included loads of meringues. I must bake this!


  4. on March 1, 2017 at 05:57 Camilla Hawkins

    Love the name of this cake and it looks totally delicious too, love rediscovering old Danish recipes and have not come across this one before:-)


    • on March 1, 2017 at 13:58 mydanishkitchen

      Yes it’s funny name. Although it’s a well known danish cake I don’t think I ever had it when I lived at home.



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