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Danish Mazarin Cake

Published: Jan 8, 2015 · Modified: Jan 12, 2021 · About 3 minutes to read this article. · By Kim Nielsen

Delicious and traditional recipe for Danish mazarin cake. Service this cake for birthdays or when having guests.
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Recipe for Homemade Danish Mazarin Cake with nuts

The last time we were having a birthday party we wanted to make something delicious. We have tried a lot of delicious recipes and some of them will you be able to find on this blog. However, as food bloggers we don't like to make the same dessert too many times, even though how delicious it is. It is just funnier to make something new and be able to make some new and great recipes for the blog.

This time we have made a real traditional Danish cake, which is called a Mazarin cake. The cake is actually more like a pie with a marzipan filling and a hazelnut topping - and it is super delicious. It does take some time to make the pie because it consist of 3 different elements and it is baked in 3 steps - it is not hard to make, though.

In Denmark a Mazarin cake is made in different variations and can be bought in many supermarkets and bakeries. The Mazarin cakes found at the super markets are typically of a very low quality and often very cheap but still very popular. However, we do prefer this homemade version :-)

We served this pie together with some sour cream but a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream would also be very nice.

Danish Mazarin Cake

Delicious and traditional recipe for Danish mazarin cake. Service this cake for birthdays or when having guests.
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Prep Time: 40 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Course: Cake
Cuisine: Danish
Servings: 8 people
Author: NordicFoodLiving.com

Ingredients

Metric - US Customary

Pie crust

  • 225 g all-purpose flour
  • 150 g butter
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp confectionery sugar
  • pinch of salt

Mazarin filling

  • 150 g marzipan
  • 100 g butter, soft
  • 100 g cane sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 50 g all-purpose flour
  • seeds from one vanilla bean

Nut topping

  • 200 g hazelnuts
  • 50 g butter
  • 75 g brown sugar
  • 75 g cane sugar
  • 1 dl heavy cream

Instructions

Crust

  • Cut the cold butter into smaller pieces and put it in a bowl together with the confectionery sugar, all-purpose flour and salt. Use your fingers to crumble the butter into the flour.
  • Beat the egg and add it to the flour and butter mixture. Mix/knead the dough well.
  • Grease a pie pan with a diameter of about 26 cm (10 inch). Roll out the dough and put it in the pan.
  • Use a fork to prick small holes in the dough. This will allow the small air bubbles to escape.
  • Pre-bake the pie crust for about 10-12 minutes at 200 C (390 F). While the crust is in the oven, continue with the Mazarin filling.

Mazarin filling

  • In a bowl; knead Marzipan, sugar, vanilla seeds and the soft butter into a sticky and coherent filling. Add the eggs one-by-one and finally add the flour. Knead well.
  • Distribute the Mazarin filling at the bottom of the pre-baked pie crust and bake it for another 10 minutes at 200 C (390 F). While the pie is in the oven continue with the nut topping.

Nut topping

  • Bake the hazelnuts in the oven for about 5-7 minutes at 200 C (390 F) or until they are nice and golden. Chop them coarsely.
  • In a sauce pan; add butter, sugar, heavy cream and salt. Heat it up until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add the coarsely chopped hazelnuts.
  • Distribute the nut topping on top of the pie.
  • Turn the heat of the oven down to 175 C (350 F) and bake the Mazarin pie for another 15-20 minutes or until it is nice and golden on the top.
  • Let the pie cool off and serve it with some sour cream or a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream.



Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Suzanne Fluhr

    September 12, 2016 at 7:16 pm

    Used your blog to look up Mazarin Cake Ina restaurant in Iceland. As Americans, it's a new one for uis.

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      September 12, 2016 at 7:54 pm

      I did not know that restaurant. Is it great?

      Reply
  2. Meesha

    January 31, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    5 stars
    This is great! I made this for my Danish mother's birthday and she gave it her seal of approval. Thank you for this recipe!

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      February 01, 2021 at 7:23 am

      Thanks for your comment about the mazarin cake recipe. I'm happy that you liked it and that it was a success :-) Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)

      Reply
  3. Denise Perigo Neilson

    April 27, 2021 at 6:23 pm

    Looks **Devine**! Kim, do you have Mazarin Cake recipe with measurements in ounces ?

    Denise Neilson

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      April 27, 2021 at 7:20 pm

      Hi Denise. The recipe for Mazarin cake is already in ounces. You just need to click the blue button on recipe called "US Customary". Let me know if you can't find it :-) Regards Kim (NordicFoodLiving.com)

      Reply
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