Kajkager. Kaj cakes. Named after Kaj from the puppet duo Kaj & Andrea. But the actual cake is older, probably first made in the 1950es by the baker Kristian Hansen from Ry.
River told us about Australian Frog cakes here.
And here we have Kaj & Andrea:
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and Kaj, the jazz-loving boisterous frog. |
Vi skulle have haft varme hveder i aften og fri i morgen. SUK. Det er 4. fredag i påsketiden og altså skulle det have været Store bededag i morgen, den 16. maj.
Today's Wordle a big Fail. It was a totally normal word! And I could not guess it! I made stupid guesses, with bad letters or right letters in bad places.Yuck!
Looking at the Help page for Wordle, I feel a bit consoled: Today’s average difficulty is 7 guesses out of 6, or very challenging.
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Your frog cakes are charming.
SvarSletThank you, and the idea may wery well be Australian after all ;)
SletYour frog cakes look almost exactly the same as ours, just different eyes, ours don't have white, only tiny dobs of chocolate for eyes.
SvarSletThey are a bit more different if you eat them The green skin of Kajkager is made form marzipan, not fondant. I'm happy about this as I find fondant to be ... not very nice ... too sweet and at the same time strangely cardboardy ... Marzipan is much better, I think ;)
SletI am on your side on the marzipan/fondant divide.
Slet:)
SletUha, kajkager er godt nok blevet dyre! Men de er stadig supersjove og skøre at se på <3
SvarSletJa, og den bager er ikke engang en af de dyre ;) Jeg har også altid haft en svaghed for Kajkager ;)
SletVar ikke klar over historikken mht hvornår de startede med Kaj kager. -Alligevel utroligt kagerne fortsat er så populære.Selv om de er søde/sjove og bestemt godt kan spises ☺️
SvarSletNej, jeg måtte også slå den op. Jeg husker ikke Kajkager - men altså Kaj - fra min barndom. Men hvis også de har bredt sig fra Ry, har det nok taget sin tid inden de nåede Nordsjælland ... eller vores bager var konservativ ;)
SletJeg husker gåsebryst, kartoffelkager og lagkagestykker og så Sarah Bernard i flødeskumsafdelingen.
The frog cakes are charming and I am sure delicious.
SvarSletIt makes me sad, too, Great Prayer Day is no longer officially observed.
Wordle was hard today.
It is deliciuous, the cream inside is raspberry flavoured, which I like very much.
SletGreat Prayer day leaves a hole in the springtime jpy.
Thank you for the support on Wordle. I think they have been tougher all during May.