Fodboldafslutning/Football(soccer) Season End

Det er da dejligt, at min 12 årige søn har så stor tiltro til mine evner, at han lover at jeg kan bage en Hirtshals Kage, som hans fodbold hold kunne få efter årets sidste kamp. Det ville så måske bare have været endnu mere dejligt, hvis han huskede at fortælle mig om det mere end 2 dage før, han skulle bruge den!

Of course it is nice, that my 12 yo son has such faith in my abilities, that he promises that I can make a logo cake for his football team to have after their last game this season. It might just have been nicer if he remembered to tell me more than 2 days in advance!

Nu er (mange) logokager heldigvis forholdsvis nemme at lave, og jeg havde da også både fondant og den nødvendige farve hjemme, hvilket ligesom er en forudsætning, når man bor langt væk fra den nærmeste kagebutik og uden bil, for onlinekøb kræver altså lidt mere end 2 dages varsel. Men uden længere varsel, så måtte han stadigvæk nøjes med både købebunde og købefyld, og da jeg ikke selv smagte på den, så kan jeg (heldigvis) ikke udtale mig om kvaliteten af kagen :P

Luckily many logo cakes are relatively easy to make, and this was definately one of those, and I did happen to have both the fondant and the required colour, which is sort of necessary when you live miles away from the nearest cake decorating shop and don't have a car, since buying online requires a little bit more than 2 days warning. But due to the short time available, I went with the easy solution and used both storebought cake layers and filling, and since I didn't actually taste it myself, I (fortunately) can't comment on the quality :P

Miljøvenlig Kage?/Environment Friendly Cake

Den 12 åriges far skulle bruge en logokage, da firmaet blev miljøcertificeret, og jeg var glad for at kunne hjælpe:

My 12 year old son's father needed a cake for work, when they got enviromentally certified, and I was more than happy to help:

Den ene kage var med Skildpaddecreme og enten Hindbær Mousse eller Skovbær Mousse (Når jeg ikke blogger med det samme, så kniber det med hukommelsen!), mens den anden var med Hvid Chokolade Creme med Dajm og Blåbær Fromage.

One of the cakes was with Caramel Chocolate Cream and either Raspberry or Forrestfruit Mousse (When I don't blog about it soon enough, I have memory problems :P) while the other cake was with White Chocolate Cream with Dajm and a Blueberry Mousse.


Opskrift på Hvid Chokolade Creme med Dajm/ White Chocolate Creme with Dajm:
300 g hvid chokolade/white chocolae
1/2 L fløde/whip cream
2 tsk vaniliesukker/vanila sugar
8 stk Dajm

Smelt chokoladen sammen med fløden over vandbad. Varm den godt igennem og kom den herefter på køl indtil næste dag (min. 8 timer). Husk at dække overfladen med film helt nede i skålen. Næste dag piskes den stiv sammen med vaniliesukker og den hakkede dajm kommes i.

Melt the chocolate with the cream in a heatproofbowl over a pan of barely simmering water (don't let the base of the bowl touch the water). Heat it through and refrigerate until next day or at least 8 hours. Remember to cover the surface with cling film all the way down in the bowl. Before use, whip it stiff with the vanila sugar added and gently fold in the chopped Dajm.


Da han skulle bruge en kage til en anden afdeling ugen efter, gentog jeg bare designet i et mindre format:


Since he needed another cake for a different department the following week, I just reused the design on a smaller cake:

MineCraft kage/MineCraft Cake

Jeg var vist så utilfreds med denne kage, at det startede en næsten 3 måneder lang hiatus fra bloggen. Nu har dette indlæg ligget og ventet på at blive udgivet lige så længe, men nu er den vist kommet nok på afstand, til at jeg kan grine ad den :)

Apparently I was so disappointed with this cake, that it started a 3 month long hiatus from my blog. This post has been waiting to get published for just as long, but I guess it has finally been long enough to enable me to just laugh at it all.

Jeg plejer at sige, at planlægning er mindst halvdelen af arbejdet, når jeg laver kage, og nu har jeg så beviset på en dårligt planlagt kage. Jeg manglede jo inspiration til denne kage, og havde dårligt nok en idé, da jeg begyndte at bage. Men jeg fik da bagt 2 Mudcakes og fyldt den ene med After Eight Creme, og den anden med Skildpadde Creme og Hindbærmousse. Da jeg arbejdede ud fra løse idéer, var denne kage simpelthen ikke gennemtænkt, og det kan ses:

I usually say, that planning is at least half the work, when I make a cake and now I finally have proof of a poorly planned cake. I was lacking inspiration for this cake as mentioned before, and barely had an idea when I started backing. I did manage to bake 2 Mudcakes though and filled one with After Eight Creme and the other with Caramel-Chocolate Cream and Raspberry Mousse. Since I was working from loose ideas only, this cake was simply not thought through, and it shows:

Jeg kunne lave en alenlang liste over problemer med løsninger, der gav flere problemer, men lad os bare nøjes med at sige at tern er svære, når linier skal flugte både på sider og top. Tern i flere lag, og flere forskellige højder, giver bare endnu flere problemer, men værst var jo nok, at jeg havde fyldt begge kager, og skulle så lave niveauforskydninger i lagkage - det er altså ikke særlig genialt, for at sige det mildt, når man skal dele en kage i lag, og tern højden siger, at du skal dele kagen midt i fyldet (!!!). Resultatet var selvfølgelig en ustabil, og levende kage, som kunne have været meget mere medgørlig, hvis den bare var en fast skærekage...

I could make a long list of problems encountered and solutions that presented more problems, but lets just say that squares are hard to make, when you need lines to meet up at both sides and top. Layered squares and varying heights just adds to the problems, but the biggest problem was that  I had already filled both cakes and needed to make different layers where the square size demanded I split the cake in the middle of the filling! Of course the result was an unstable and very much alive cake, which would have been so much more manageable if only it had been a firm sponge.


Drengen var dog som sædvanligt meget glad for kagen, og det er trods alt det vigtigste. Desuden var det rigeligt af velsmagende kager, så hvis vi ikke vandt point på dekorationen, så klarede smagen det vist nok i år:

The boy was still happy as usual and that is all that matters after all. Besides, we had plenty of extremely well tasting cakes, so any points lost on decoration, was made up for in taste:

Der var nemlig bagt Chocolate Chip Cookies og Peanutbutter Cookies, Toblerone Kage, Mars Kage, Grøn Aero Kage og Dajm Islagkage foruden Chococolate Mudcake Cupcakes med Hindbær IMBC, Banan Cupcakes med Chokolade smørcreme og Nati's Caramel Mudcake Cupcakes med IMBC..

We had baked Chocolate Chip Cookies and Peanutbutter Cookies, Toblerone Cake, Mars-bar Cake, Mint Aero Cake and Dajm Icecream Cake besides the Chocolate Mudcake Cupcakes with Raspberry IMBC, Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate BC and Nati's Caramel Mudcake Cupcakes with IMBC...

Minecraft Cake Pops

Min søn fyldte 12 år i sidste uge, og selvfølgelig ville han have Minecraft cake pops med i skole. Det burde jo ikke være noget problem, men jeg må indrømme, at det var altså ikke så nemt at lade sig inspirere af et spil med dårlig 80'er grafik, hvor alting bare er lavet af firkantede blokke :/ Men hvad man ønsker, skal man få:

My son turned 12 last week and of course he wanted to bring Minecraft Cake Pops to school. That really should have been a piece of cake, but admittedly, I found it extremely difficult to get inspired by a game with horrible 80's graphics, where everything is square :/ But he got the blocks he wanted:

Værre er det, at han har ønsket samme tema til hans kage, som jeg skal lave til klassen kommer på lørdag... Hvordan jeg skal undgå at det kommer til at ligne en "første gangs" kage, aner jeg ikke, men prøve, det må jeg jo :)

I am more worried about the cake, that I need to make for his party this Saturday, as he still wants the same theme... I have no idea, how to avoid it ending up looking like a "My First Cake"- project, but I will definitely try :)

Selv fårene er firkantede!
Yes, even the sheep are blocky!

Hello Kitty

Som så mange andre 5-årige, så er Ella vild med Hello Kitty, så hendes mor syntes, at det kunne være sjovt med en Hello Kitty kage til hendes fødselsdag. Moren ringede lige inden de skulle med flyet sydpå, og de skulle bruge kagen lige så snart de kom hjem igen, så jeg fik frie hænder, så længe det var noget med Hello Kitty.

As a typical 5-year old, Ella loves Hello Kitty, so her mother thought it could be fun with a Hello Kitty Cake for her birthday. She called me right before they got on a plane, and they needed the cake as soon as they got back, so there wasn't time to discuss details much, so it was all up to me, as long as it had something to do with Hello Kitty.

Kagen var Drømmekage-bunde med Skildpadde-creme og Jordbærfromage. Smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Wilton's fondant.

The cake was Dreamcake layers with Chocolate-caramel Creme and Strawberry Mousse. The cake was covered in Chocolate Buttercream and Wilton's fondant.

Desværre fik jeg, som så mange andre, lov til at opleve ekstreme luftlommer mellem kage og fondant. Normalt kan man prikke et hul, lukke luften ud og glatte fondanten igen, men da fondanten svedte som jeg ved ikke hvad, var det umuligt at glatte fondanten ud igen, da smootheren bare hang fast i fondanten :/ Så nu laver jeg ikke flere kager, før vejret gider at opføre sig kage-ordentligt!

Unfortunately, I had the doubtful pleasure of experiencing the same problem, that many cake decorators seem to run into these days: Extreme airpockets between the cake and the fondant. Usually, you can use a small needle to make a hole and let the air out as you smooth out the fondant, but in this weather, the fondant was sweating badly, and the smoother was just sticking to and ruining the fondant, so I had to give up. No more cake decorating for me until the weather (cake)behaves!

Fræk Sygeplejerske/Naughty Nurse

Min gamle nabo er lige blevet færdiguddannet sygeplejerske, og jeg lovede at lave en kage til festen. Hun var lidt  betaget af en brystkage, som jeg lavede til min mand sidste år, så vi blev enige om, at kagen gerne måtte være i en fræk sygeplejerske uniform - heldigvis da, for prøv lige at google billeder af sygeplejerske uniformer, og se hvor svært det er at finde én der ikke er et kostume (jaja, jeg startede da i den seriøse ende).

One of my previous neighbours just finished nursing school, and I promised to make a cake for the celebration. She liked the boobie-cake I made for my husband last year, so we agreed that it could be fun to make one in a naughty nurse's uniform - fortunately that was what she wanted, as I had tried googling pictures of a real nurse's uniform (in Danish), but it just resulted in page after page of nurse's costumes.

Kagen var Drømmekage-bunde med Baileys Fromage og Skovbær Mousse (Som Hindbær Mousse bare med skovbær og halvt så meget sukker, mens citron og vanille udelades). Selve brysterne var ren Mudcake. Kagen var smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Wilton's fondant.


The Cake was Dreamcake layers with Baileys Mousse and Mixed Berries Mousse (Just like the Raspberry Mousse, just use half the amount of sugar and leave out the vanilla and lemon). The breasts were just Mudcake. The cake was covered in Chocolate Buttercream and Wilton's fondant.

Jeg havde godt nok lavet MMF til at overtrække med, da det smager bedre, men med den sidste uges dårlige erfaringer med høj luftfugtighed og varme, var jeg glad for at have Wilton's som backup. Især da jeg fik et migræneanfald under opsmøringen, og ikke kunne arbejde optimalt, så jeg besluttede mig for slet ikke at prøve MMF'en. Men selv Wilton's havde det ikke godt med vejret - dog stadigvæk mere medgørlig end MMF'en. Jeg kunne ikke overkomme at lave en kantafslutning, men den var nu heller ikke så slem uden.


I had actually made MMF to cover the cake with, since it tastes better, but with the last week's horrible experiences with all the problems concerning the heat and humidity, I was happy to have Wilton's as backup. Especially since I got a bad migraine in the middle of covering the cake with buttercream, and wasn't really functioning all that well. I actually decided to not even try the MMF, but even the Wilton's was acting up in this weather. It was still more manageable than the MMF, but with the way I was feeling, I gave up on making a nice cover of the edges, but it didn't look too bad anyway.

Warhammer 40k Sisters of Battle Pat Kage/Boobie Cake

En af vores venner var vist lidt bange for at hans kammerats polterabend blev lidt for tamt (det blev holdt sammen med pigerne - og var i øvrigt slet ikke tosset), så han spurgte om jeg ikke kunne lave en Warhammer 40k kage til deres rollespilsaften, eller måske bare en pat kage, for det kunne man jo aldrig gå helt galt i byen med. Jeg nåede kun lige at tænke, at det måske kunne kombineres, da han sendte mig dette billede, af en typisk kvindelig rollespilsfigur fra spillet:

One of our friends was a little bit worried, that his friend's batchelor party would end up a little bit tame (it was held with the girls - and turned out just fine after all), so he asked if I could make a Warhammer 40k cake for their roleplaying evening, or maybe just a boobie cake, since they are always popular. I had barely had the thought, that I might be able to combine those, when he sent me a picture of one of the female characters:

Kagen var Drømmekage-bunde med Baileys Fromage og Skovbær Mousse (Som Hindbær Mousse bare med skovbær og halvt så meget sukker, mens citron og vanille udelades). Selve brysterne var ren Mudcake. Kagen var smurt op med Chokolade Smørcreme og overtrukket med Sort Chokolade MMF, mens der har sneget sig lidt Rød Candymelts MMF ind i pynten.

The Cake was just Dreamcake layers with Baileys Mousse and Mixed Berries Mousse (Just like the Raspberry Mousse, just use half the amount of sugar and leave out the vanilla and lemon). The breasts were just Mudcake. The cake was covered in Chocolate Buttercream and Black Chocolate MMF, and even a little Red Candymelts MMF was added as decoration.

Det var lidt af en udfordring at lave kagen, med det vejr vi har haft. Fugt og varme og fondant er altså ikke nogen skøn blanding. Fondanten sveder, klistrer og næsten smelter mens man arbejder med den. 

Når jeg laver kager, så er der iøvrigt altid et eller andet der driller. Sjovt nok så var problemet denne gang, at min mand (som er så utrolig sød og altid skærer og beklæder cake boards for mig) glemte, at jeg havde sagt, at han skulle huske lige at sikre sig, at cakeboardet kunne komme i køleskabet, da jeg ved, at brystkagerne er en udfordring for mit køleskab. Resultatet var, at jeg stod med en opsmurt kage, som ikke kunne komme i køleskabet! Så måtte manden pænt til forsigtigt at tage kagepapiret af, skære pap fra i begge ender, og så forsigtigt på igen med papiret, og så smører vi lige op igen.... ja, ja - hvad bliver problemet dog næste gang?

It was quite challenging to make the cake with the weather we have been having. Warm and humid doesn't mix very well with fondant! The fondant sweats, gets sticky and almost melts in your hands as you are working with it.

When I make cakes there is also always something, that is causing me trouble. This time it was my husband (who is extremely sweet and always cuts and covers the cakeboards for me) who forgot, that I had told him to make sure the cakeboard would fit in the fridge, as I know from experience, that boobiecakes are a bit challenging for my fridge. So there I was, with a cake covered in buttercream and nope - it doesn't fit in the fridge! So hubby had to carefully unwrap, cut of both ends of the cakeboard, and carefully rewrap, and then I had to fix the smudged buttercream... well, what on earth is going to be the problem next time? Must have tried it all by now :P