Danish Cake (Betty Wilson's). Danish Cake (Betty Wilson's) This is a holiday cake my mother made that I like a lot. It's a heavy moist cake with lots of flavors. It's great to eat as a dessert with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream with chopped hazelnuts, or sprinkled with sherry or dessert wine.

The recipe for Drømmekage is one of the most traditional and famous Danish cakes. Translated, Drømmekage simply means Dream cake probably because some people think it taste like a dream :-) Read also: Recipe for traditional Danish Butter Cake (Dagmar tart) The history for this cake originates from the small Danish town Hjallerup, Jutland which is located in the western part of Denmark. In large bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites with salt, cream of tartar and vanilla until soft peaks form. You can cook Danish Cake (Betty Wilson's) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Danish Cake (Betty Wilson's)

Prepare of Chopped Dates.
It's of Chopped Glazed (Candied) Cherries.
You need of Coarseley Chopped Walnuts.
Prepare of Coarsely Chopped Pecans.
It's of Flour.
It's of Teasponse of Baking Soda.
It's of Salt.
It's of Butter.
It's of Sugar.
Prepare of eggs.
It's of Butter milk.
It's of Vanilla.
Prepare of White Sugar.
Prepare of Orange Juice.
It's of Grated Rind of 1 Orange.
Prepare of shredded Coconut.

Measure all ingredients into large mixer bowl. I rely on a cake mix to speed the prep for this moist streusel-topped dessert that pairs tart rhubarb with sweet strawberries. It's great all by itself, but feel free to add some frosting or ice cream.. I think that as long as I'm in the kitchen baking I might as well make enough to share.

Danish Cake (Betty Wilson's) step by step

In Bowl #1 add the following: 8 oz Chopped Dates; 4 oz Chopped Glazed (Candied) Cherries; 1 cup Coarsely Chopped Walnuts; 1 Cup Coarsely Chopped Pecans.
In Bowl #2 stir together the following: 3 cups of flour; 1 1/2 Teaspoons of Baking Soda; 1 Teaspoon of Salt. Take about 1/3 of contents of Bowl #2 mixture and add to Bowl #1 to coat the nuts/dates/cherries..
In Bowl #3 mix in a mixer the following (in order): 1 Cup Butter; 1 3/4 cups Sugar; While Mixing in Bowl #3 add: 3 eggs plus the remaining ingredients of Bowl #2 then 1 Cup of Buttermilk; 1 Tablespoon Orange Juice; 1 teaspoon vanilla..
After mixing Bowl #3 well, mix in Bowl #1 (Date/Nuts/Cherries) to uniform consistency.
Prepare 9" Tube cake pan by greasing the pan well, then lining with aluminum foil and greasing the inside of the foil as well. Place the mixture of Bowl #3, evenly distributed around the pan. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes at 350 degrees (375 degrees at altitudes over 4000').
While it's baking combine 1 Cup white sugar, 1 Cup Orange Juice, and the grated find of 1 orange in a sauce pan. Mix well and bring to a boil over medium heat..
Remove cake from oven, test with toothpick to make sure it's done. The toothpick should come out clean when done..
Remove Orange Juice (sauce pan) from heat and add 1 cup shredded coconut (Mix well) and Pour Orange Juice & Coconut Mix over cake in the pan..
Cover the cake in the pan with foil and let stand in refrigerator overnight before removing from the pan. Keep sealed and refrigerated for best flavor and longevity. Enjoy.

No matter what the flavor, Wilton has the cake recipe you need! Find easy-to-follow recipes for all sorts of cakes including chocolate, vanilla, red velvet and more! A Danish pastry, sometimes shortened to just Danish (especially in American English), is a multilayered, laminated sweet pastry in the viennoiserie tradition. The concept was brought to Denmark by Austrian bakers, and has since developed into a Danish specialty. Like other viennoiserie pastries, such as croissants, it is a variant of puff pastry made of laminated yeast-leavened dough that.