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 🙂