A traditional kaffebord features 14 cakes

July 6, 2018 12:11 AM

Travel writer Helen Moat makes a stop on her bike ride through Denmark in order to learn about the sønderjysk kaffebord – a table set with cakes, hailing back to the Prussian-Austrian occupation of Southern Jutland.
posted by Vesihiisi (18 comments total)

Hell yeah! You have got to love a tradition which fosters the spirit of resistance and great baking.
posted by Nerd of the North at 12:47 AM on July 6, 2018 [4 favorites]

My grandparents live in Sønderjylland, and one branch of the family (my grandmother's) are from there, and have roots that go way back. Can confirm that it is some of the best sweet baking I have ever experienced.
posted by Dysk at 4:02 AM on July 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

MetaFilter: resistance and great baking.
posted by Fizz at 5:03 AM on July 6, 2018 [3 favorites]

Denmark is a 24/7 cake frenzy. It is my kind of country
posted by scruss at 5:35 AM on July 6, 2018 [5 favorites]

*mentally moves Denmark up the list of “Places I want to travel to”
posted by arcticwoman at 6:10 AM on July 6, 2018 [5 favorites]

I adore this, but it seems like a cake table is just about the worst resistance food there could be. Alcohol makes people combative and full of comradeship before they pass out, whereas fourteen courses of cake would merely make you want to pass out. Still, I would be willing to risk trying it for the sake of historical perspective.
posted by Countess Elena at 6:57 AM on July 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

I like this sort of imaginative and tasty resistance! In the same spirit and reacting to the same occupation there is also the Danish Protest Pig.
posted by Fuchsoid at 8:02 AM on July 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

We had a meal at a Brazilian restaurant in Porto which had 12 courses of meat. What is needed is some sort of fusion of that with this. It could replace those Swiss clinics as the way to go out in style.
posted by biffa at 9:22 AM on July 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

I haven't had lunch yet. You're killing me here.
posted by Splunge at 10:11 AM on July 6, 2018

Someone should probably let Wordshore know that this would be a good use for his surplus cake...
posted by coppermoss at 10:47 AM on July 6, 2018 [3 favorites]

What we need is some sort of fusion between this and IRL, to be quite honest. I'm drooling.
posted by gryftir at 5:36 PM on July 6, 2018

Cake plus resistance seems like my fave kinda protest.
posted by chapps at 6:18 PM on July 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

As a Norwegian, I'll have to admit that Denmark is the Nordic country with the best cuisine.
posted by Harald74 at 10:38 PM on July 6, 2018

Recipes. We need recipes!
posted by jadepearl at 11:17 PM on July 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

recipes you say? Familiejournal (and google translate) to the rescue!
posted by alchemist at 12:45 AM on July 7, 2018 [1 favorite]

recipes you say? Familiejournal (and google translate) to the rescue!

CLICK ON THE KAGE YOU WANT TO SEE THE PRINT ON!
posted by Vesihiisi at 3:30 AM on July 7, 2018

That Google translate output is straight up hilarious!
posted by Dysk at 4:18 AM on July 7, 2018

fourteen cakes! that's as many as FOUR plusTENS!
posted by poffin boffin at 9:19 AM on July 7, 2018 [2 favorites]