Comments on: Danish Birthday Cake (Kagemand)

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:00:49 +0000

Hi! When do you add the water? I've made other variations and the dough always comes out very watery. Looking forward to trying this recipe and want to get it right! Do you add before the eggs? Do you ever add less water? Tak!

By: Ann from AK

Ann from AK — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 05:40:03 +0000

In reply to Maria.

The type of dough is choux. There is a Nordic version, but it's still choux pastry.

By: Kim Nielsen

Kim Nielsen — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 05:41:07 +0000

In reply to Kris. Thanks. I'm happy that you like my blog and that you can use the recipes. Your are right! I'm totally missing a lagkage recipe on my blog. I will put it on my to-do list :-) Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 04:07:11 +0000

Hi and thanks for this, love your recipes blog and I try your recipes often as they are very authentic! I'm hoping you could include a recipe for lagkage, that was the common version of a birthday cake when I was living in Denmark in the late 1980s early 1990s. I would love to try to make one from scratch!

By: Kim Nielsen

Kim Nielsen — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 16:06:54 +0000

In reply to Andrea. 1 dl is that same as 100 ml. You can use Google to make the conversion. Just search "1 dl to ml" and you get the result.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:53:42 +0000

Is dl the same as ml? For the amount of water.

By: Kim Nielsen

Kim Nielsen — Mon, 20 May 2019 06:17:33 +0000

In reply to Maria. Hi. The Danish name of this cake is "Kagemand" which directly translates means "Cake man". If the cake is served to a girls/woman birthday party then it is normally called a "cake woman"

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 17 May 2019 13:36:28 +0000

Hi!
Very excited to make it for my son's birthday. What is the name of this dought in Danish?

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By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:04:50 +0000

I recently heard/learned that it was tradition for the birthday boy or girl to cut the Kagemand's throat while the other kids screamed. If so, that's a very Nordic-esque addition to a happy occasion, only in my humble opinion..