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Lillian’s Apple Cake
I don’t know who Lillian was but my mother has been baking this yummy Danish cake for as long as I can remember. Fresh apple slices and cinnamon are complemented by a divine nutty topping which gets...
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Frikadeller (Danish Meatballs)
Having a Danish mother I have eaten more than my fair share of Frikadeller, but you never tire of them as they are so delicious. I had about three different versions of this recipe in my box all...
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Leverpostej (Danish Liver Pate)
Pronounced Liwer-po-stigh. Wanting to recreate the pork liver pate that my mother used to buy from the Danish Centre when I was a child, I set about doing some research as this was not a recipe that...
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Hallon Cookies from Scandinavian Christmas by Trine Hahnemann
My daughter and I recently had a lovely afternoon making Hallon cookies from Trine Hahnemann’s new book Scandinavian Christmas. This particular recipe was given to Trine by a friend called Alice Brax...
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Simple Rye Loaf
Having recently been snowed in and running low on baking ingredients I decided that the long neglected bag of Rye flour I’d bought must get an airing. The first loaf I’d attempted was a long and...
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Danish Apple Cake (Æblekage)
It’s officially Autumn so my first recipe for Great British Chefs had to involve apples as they are so abundant right now. Danish Apple Cake (Æblekage) is more of a dessert than a cake. I’ve...
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Spelt Danish Apple Ring
I was flicking through my mother’s old recipe folder the other day when a recipe I’d never made had caught my eye (it translated to White Cake with Apple). I realised the only reason I’d never made it...
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Kransekage Mummies
Just because it’s Halloween it doesn’t mean you have to compromise on taste, so with that in mind I came up with these Kransekage Mummies. Imagine a cake made of marzipan, dipped in plain chocolate...
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Finsk Brød (Finnish Shortbread)
As a child not a Christmas went by without my Danish mum baking a whole array of traditional biscuits and cookies. Finsk Brød is a recipe that she learned to make at school and no doubt here own mother...
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Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) + Oxo Good Grips Cookie Press Giveaway
Every tin of Danish Butter Cookies has a Vanilla Wreath in it and my mother used to make these cookies every Christmas using a special star shaped disc on her meat mincer. She’d wind the handle and...
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Egg & Prawn Open Sandwich with Lemon Mayonnaise
Being half Danish I regularly put together Danish open sandwiches (smørrebrød) on traditional wholegrain rye bread but am aware it’s not to everyone’s taste. So when my mother told me about this...
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Ploughman’s Open Sandwich
Happy National Sandwich Day everyone! I had no idea there was such a day (3rd November) until the good people at Branston got in touch and asked me to create a sandwich in celebration of this yearly...
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Risalamande (Danish Rice Pudding) with Cherry Sauce
Risalamande has been served on Christmas Eve in Denmark since around 1900. As I am half Danish I remember always feeling quite lucky as a child to have two Christmas celebrations! The first was on...
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20 Fab Recipe Highlights for my 3rd Anniversary
I can’t believe that my blog is 3 years old today. I seem to have come such a long way since I started. When I posted my first recipe it was a very relaxed affair and I even over cooked my soup as I’d...
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