Recipe for the Danish classic “Lemon Moon”. The nice yellow colors go so well with the current season of Easter. However, this recipe is slightly different from the original, since it’s vegan and contains no butter, eggs, milk, etc. In addition, it is not as sweet as those found in supermarkets, as there are only…
In Denmark, spring is starting to affect the weather and the first flowers have started blooming, which is really nice. You won’t believe how nice and sweet the flowers in the pictures smell! I have experimented a bit with the classic Danish “Dream Cake”. This is originally made of a light fluffy sand cake with…
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…
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…
Dreaming back to my visits to Greece i thought about this dessert that I have had a couple of times. It consists of Greek yoghurt and some sweet pickled grapes. After looking it up on the internet, I came to the conclusion that it’s called “Grape spoon sweet” or “stafyli glyko” in Greek. So, here’s…
This is an attempt at a healthier carrot cake, perfect for your New Years Resolutions! The cake consists of sweet potatoes and bananas instead of sugar, which give a hint of sweetness without being as sweet as granulated sugar. The cake unfortunately still contains a lot of butter, which would be nice to eliminate in…
A simple recipe on carrot cupcakes – they are pretty straight forward to make and contains a lot of carrots and spices! Perfect for a birthday or other celebrations. I prefer very little icing on my carrot cupcakes since it often drowns the taste of the carrot muffin. And the taste of cream cheese and…
This is a very quick and delicious dessert, easy to make with only 4 ingredients! It perfect for everyone with a New Year’s resolution to be healthier, since it mainly consists of hazelnuts and only has one spoonful of honey or sugar as a sweetener. The hazelnuts are blended to a peanut butter looking consistency…
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…
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…