Cakes and Hygge

When someone has gone above and beyond and you want to say more than ‘just’ “Thank you”…. then say it with cake 🙏🍰🧁🥰

Nelson wanted a chocolate cake with vanilla and Oreo taste for his Birthday party 🥳🎂 Yummy chocolate cake with a layer of Oreo buttercream in the middle… and of course lots of Oreo frosting and Oreo decoration 👌🤪🤩

Before the summer holiday a sweet little girl ordered cute girlie cupcakes to celebrate her Birthday with her class before moving from Singapore - happy Birthday to lovely Vera 🥳🧁🦄

Birthday theme cake reflecting the activities of the day: climbing and a dip in the pool ☀️🧗‍♀️🏊‍♀️😎 Banana chocolate chip cake with a layer of white chocolate ganache in the middle 👌

Fun challenge I couldn’t say no to, when I was asked to make 60 cupcakes to celebrate well-being week with the theme “Joy”…. and if it could include the pride colors to celebrate diversity it was an extra bonus 🤔👏🥳 The result was these chocolate cupcakes with raspberry cream cheese frosting with lots of happy color and a joy to eat 🥳💃🕺🏳️‍🌈 Happy well-being week 🧁🌺👏

Happy Birthday Sara 🥳🐨🌈🎂🥰 Vanilla sponge rainbow cake with Callebaut white chocolate mousse 👌😋

Happy Birthday Estella 🥳🎂☀️🌈 Sponge vanilla layers in rainbow colors with Callebaut white chocolate mousse 😋

Teamworks makes the dream work 🤩🥳 My youngest daughter has talked about a colorful layer cake for a loooong time…. now was the time to finally make it 👌🤩 Simple sponge layers colored in our favorite colors. Between each layer a white chocolate mousse that made each layer yummy and even more spongy 👌😋🍰

Time for a challenge 👏🤩 Was asked to make a cake with no dairy 🤔 Came up with a sponge pistachio layer, then a raspberry layer and finally a Callebaut chocolate mousse on top made with soy creme 👌

And now that the oven was already on why on make a few more 🤔 These and some other mini cupcakes were sent off with my oldest for her and her friends in Grade 11 🌸🐣🥳

And why not spoil them a bit extra today? They have worked so hard and term 3 is almost over 🥳 The classic Danish cookie called “Hindbærsnitte” in an Easter disguise

Two weeks of Easter Holiday is only a few hours away 🥳🐣🐰 As a class parent I like to spoil the kids, so I wanted to send them on holiday with these Easter Cupcakes 🧁🤩

While making chocolate yesterday I experimented with some decorations. Not to waste the decorations this was a good excuse to make dessert for tonight 🤷‍♀️😆👌 Pistachio brownie with raspberry ganache and ruby chocolate on top 🤩🥰

Time for a new challenge - homemade chocolate 👌 Tried it once several years ago, but now I really need to learn this skill… My first attempt of tempering ruby chocolate went quite well 👌 Inside they are filled with elderflower-ganache and they are approved by my husband 😋😆😋

Fastelavn is a Carnival tradition in Denmark where children dress up and "slår katten af tønden" - the danish version of piñata, where you hit a wooden barrel filled with candy 🥳 But the best thing about this is the Fastelavnsbolle “Carnival bun”. A wheat bun filled with vanilla custard, baked and then filled with whipped cream and topped with colorful icing 😋👏🤩

Last time I baked ‘Rundstykker’ and ‘Håndværker’, but this time I added ‘Horn’ and ‘Gifler’ which are popular in our family 👏🤩🤷‍♀️ and of course served with Danish butter and our thin pieces of chocolate, called ‘Pålægschokolade’ 🥰🥰

Whole wheat sourdough bread 👌🤩

My youngest daughter interviewed her home room teacher to find out his nationality, favorite colors and hobbies. Happy Birthday to Mr. Cornish 🥳🧁☀️ ⛷🎿❄️

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” 🍎 A good reason to make an apple tarte, right? 🤔 By mixing a few recipes I have created our own version 👌🤩 Adding marzipan only made it even more yummy 😋🤩😍

Sunday mornings ☕️🥐🙏🤩🥰 ❤️

Leftovers and teamwork 🤩🥰 we had some fondant and cupcake leftovers, so my youngest daughter made a dog and a Cookie Monster while I made the BMW M logo for daddy 🤪

Chinese New Year 2022 - the year of the Tiger 🐯🧁 Cupcakes on the way to my youngest daughters class 🎉🤩😋 #2022

Our New Year 2021 dessert plate 👌🥂🍾🎉 small tarts and crème brûlée 😋😋

And same goes for New Year… no New Years Eve without ‘Kransekage’ made of marzipan, egg white and icing sugar 👌🤩🥳🥂🍾

No Christmas without Danish Butter Cookies called ‘Vaniljekranse’ 🎄🤶🎅 You can make them by using a piping bag with a star nozzle, but this requires quite some finger muscle strength 💪 so when the girls are helping we always use the meat grinder for the Kitchen Aid and a special star nozzle in front 👌 This makes it a lot easier and gives the perfect star shape 🤩😋