Here’s a recipe for the classic apple pie with lots of apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Usually, you make apple pies during autumn (at least in Denmark), as this is the time when the sour apples are ripe. But since I had a lot of extra apples lying around, i figured “Why not make some…
Category: Large cakes
Vegan Apple Dagmar Tart
This is an attempt to give the otherwise slightly rustic Danish Dagmar tart a more feminine look. The recipe is inspired by the classic Danish Dagmar tart and apple roses. In addition, it is vegan. My initial plan was to make it before Valentines Day since it looks like a bouquet of roses. Unfortunately, I…
Banana Split Ice Cream Cake
This year’s birthday dessert was inspired by the banana split ice cream dessert. The cake consists of a banana bread bottom layer with chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream on top. Decorated with a bit of chocolate, vanilla ice cream, and frozen strawberries. The milk, vanilla, and sugar are heated as the first step when…
Danish New Year’s Cake
Another year has passed, bringing new year’s eve upon us again. In Denmark we celebrate the new year by eating this “kransekage” at midnight with a glass of campaign. The cake consists of a couple of rings made mainly of marcipan stacked on top of each other – in this recipe there are also nougat…
Chocolate Tart With Raspberry & Beetroot
This is inspired by the chocolate tart (Chocolate truffle cake with pine nuts) from the cook-book “Kager der smager og andre søde sager” authored by Alette Bertelsen.However, I wanted to experiment with adding a fruity taste to it. The cake consists of two layers and I therefore choose to experiment with beetroot and raspberry (one…
Apple Cheese Cake
Autumn is upon us and that means that apples are in season (at leased in Denmark). It is therefore time for a creamy and sweet apple cheese cake! As I am a big fan of making everything from scratch, you’ll notice that no biscuits are used for the bottom layer! It’s all flour, sugar, butter,…