70 Birthday Cakes
It was Farmor’s 70th birthday and Tante made one of her famous cakes for the occasion. The flower decorations were all hand-made with marzipan.
Tante’s marzipan cream cake was the first to be devoured. But luckily Norwegian birthday parties never have just one cake. We also had a bløtkake (cream cake) with pineapple made by Farmor herself and an oreo cake that was bulging with chocolate mousse and took three people to help it out of the tin.
Unfortunately there was no cake left for a creamy Midnight Sun indulgence so we had ice cream instead. Gratulerer med dagen, Farmor!
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That cake looks awesome! Tante certainly has a talent for baking beautiful cakes. Happy Birthday to Farmor.
The famous Norwegian kakebord looks even more fabulous with those gorgeous cakes.
Happy 70th to Farmor!
Gratulerer med dagen to your Grandmother!!!!! What special treats! Your Aunt’s baking talents- and especially DECORATING talents are remarkable!!! Simply beautiful!!!!!
The cake looks amazing!!! Tante is certainly very talented. Happy Birthday to Farmor!
Hils farmor og oensker hun en riktig god (forsinket) foedselsdags ifra meg.
Gratulere med dagen!!!
The cakes look and sound amazing! I’m eager to try one next time I’m over.
I LOVE playing with marzipan on cakes. Hers looks much softer than mine. Not to mention wonderfully artistic. I just might have to pinch that design next time a birthday swings round over here
Do you have any idea how she got the white colour on the white flowers? Can you buy white marzipan over there? I usually have to go with fondant instead of marzipan, cos I need the white colour. Even then it’s annoying to get hold of here – they usually have only one box, if any, in the supermarket, and I can’t be bothered finding a cake/craft shop!
I actually prefer the taste of fondant to marzipan, much to Andreas’ dismay, but the sweetness definitely makes it hard to eat more than one piece in one night. Andreas’ mum stocked up on marzipan pigs and sends them over periodically and Andreas polishes them off in seconds! I don’t understand the fuss. In fact I struggle to stomach some of their chocolate-coated-marzipan lollies – though I wouldn’t dream of saying it out loud in Norway! Reckon I’d definitely that cake a go though
As a Norwegian(from Arendal) living in southern Mississippi,USA, I want to tell you what a joy your blog is to visit. I have been in America since I was 7 years old, and the fondest memories that I have of my mother include her Blotkake.The one that you have pictured has to be one of the most beautiful cakes that I have ever laid my eyes on.Thank you SO much for sharing! And GOD JUL!