It’s my Danish boyfriends birthday today and I tried to make him a proper lagekage from here in Australia 🙂

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  1. Alright, before I accept the invite (that this *obviously* is) I need to know what the local spider situation is like.

  2. I’m sure it’s mindboggling to foreigners how the pronouncation of “lag” changes depending on context…

  3. Do you need another boyfriend? Just on birthday’s maybe..

    It looks delicious 10/10 would eat till im full and then some.

    Maybe more flags.. can never do enough of those for birthdays 😁

  4. Great cake!

    Fun fact, Danes are one of the few people that have their national flag present on their birthday and special occasions, I don’t know the exact reason. So great job getting that custom right.

    Another fun fact, this custom is so prevalent that my kids call it “fødselsdagsflag” (Birthday flag) instead of thinking of it as a national flag.

  5. Edit: This was meant as a reply to a comment but I didn’t press “reply”, so I made it a stand alone comment

    The Danish flag, Dannebrog, symbols more the danish people and the pride and spirit that comes from being a Dane. Ofc the danish flag also symbolizes the country, like in warfare and sports event. Unlike the Americans flag however, the danish flag is more humble. But that just my opinion as a Dane

  6. Looks good. A tad advanced, and we’ll need to see the layers in a slice, before delivering final judgement.

  7. Looks beautiful! If you want to, next time I would consider a little table Danish flag on a tiny flagpole – might have to pay an arm and a leg in shipping/import but Danes love a little table flag. And napkins with the flag on it too!

  8. Looks incredible. just a heads up, this is considered a tradetional Danish birthday invitation. So we are all comeing over for lagkage.

  9. Woah…

    Normally it looks like this: [https://muttionline.dk/desserter-og-kager/klassisk-lagkage-med-creme/](https://muttionline.dk/desserter-og-kager/klassisk-lagkage-med-creme/)

    You get 3 “cakes” or “cake plates” or whatever you want to call them. Then you put in some sort of nearly tasteless creme from a box on one of them, put some marmelade on there and some bananas and/or strawberries. Then the next layer where you do the same and then on the top layer you mix powdered sugar and water to make the glazing. Put some strawberries on it and some candles and you’re done.

    This looks absolutely delicious, but it is not what I think of when I think birthday “lagkage”. This is too fancy. I bet he feels really special now.

    And just to be sure, I’m not saying you’ve overdone it. I’m just saying that this is a very nice cake and all of Denmark should step up to this level!

    I’m married so I won’t be a creep about this, but I’ll show this to my wife and tell her to be more like this aussie I saw on Reddit…

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