You know you’re in Denmark when…
It’s my birthday today – hip, hip, hurra! And – though I ain’t no spring chicken – I do have a barnlig sjæl (am a child at heart). Not to mention en sød tand (a sweet tooth). And a seriously serious addicition to wienerbrød. So much so that I wrote a seven part series on them.
So every year I order myself a traditional Danish kiddies birthday cake. En kagekone. A cake lady! You can read about them in a previous post Let them eat (Danish) cake (man)! Here’s a very pretty one (that I managed to eat mostly by myself) from my birthday two years ago…
And here’s my cake anno 2014. Which kind of threw me a bit when I received it from the bakers this morning. Umm, I did order a cake lady, right? A friend of mine commented, “Hee hee, it looks more like a bear than a lady!” 😛 DD12 (dear daughter, aged 12), ever the diplomat, proclaimed that, “Well, Mum, it’s not how you look but what’s inside that counts, right?” And, six slices of delicious wienerbrød later, I can only agree. Now where’s that sofa – I need to lie down! 😉
Yep, life is a beach at 47…
Diane 🙂
Oh dear. The 47th cake is a little different… I'm guessing it tastes good, though?
I love the idea of barnlig sjael. Another Danish phrase to make my children throw their eyes up in despair. I'm learning Danish for fun and at the moment everything is hyggelig!