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Danish dream cake recipe from The Scandi Kitchen by Brontë Aurell (Ryland Peters & Small). Photography by Peter Cassidy.

Danish dream cake recipe from The Scandi Kitchen by Brontë Aurell (Ryland Peters & Small). Photography by Peter Cassidy.

Recipe: Danish dream cake

Lottie Storey November 10, 2015

In 1965, a young girl baked her grandmother’s secret family recipe in a competition and won, and the cake has been a Danish favourite ever since... 

DANISH DREAM CAKE

Serves 10–12

for the cake:
3 eggs
225g caster sugar
1 ⁄ 2 tsp vanilla sugar
225g plain flour or cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
150ml whole milk
75g butter, melted

for the topping:
100g butter
150g desiccated coconut
250g cups dark brown sugar
75ml whole milk
a pinch of salt

equipment:
23cm springform or round cake tin, greased and lined with baking parchment

1 Preheat the oven to 190/Fan 170/375.

2 In the bowl of a food mixer, whisk the eggs, caster sugar and vanilla sugar on high speed for a few mins, until white and light. Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, sift the flour and baking powder together.

3 Carefully fold the flour into the egg mixture. Mix the milk with the melted butter in a jug and carefully pour into the batter, folding it in until incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin.

4 Bake for 35–40 mins or until almost done (try not to open the oven door for the first 20 mins of the total baking time).

5 To make the topping, gently melt all the ingredients in a saucepan together.

6 Remove the cake from the oven and carefully spread the topping all over the cake.

7 Return to the oven. Turn up the heat to 200C/Fan 180/400F and bake for a further 5 mins. Allow to cool before eating.

 

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The Simple Things

Taking time to live well

We celebrate slowing down, enjoying what you have, making the most of where you live, enjoying the company of of friends and family, and feeding them well. We like to grow some of our own vegetables, visit local markets, rummage for vintage finds, and decorate our home with the plunder. We love being outdoors and enjoy the satisfaction that comes with a job well done.

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