Danish Easter Cake Paaske Kage Recipes

Steps:

• Soak poopy seeds in the milk and vanilla overnight.
• Cream butter until soft. Add the sugar gradually and cream well.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
• Blend the flour and poppy-seed mixtures alternately into the creamed butter mix. Blend well.
• Whip the egg whites until stiff and fold into mixture.
• Pour the batter into 2 buttered and lightly floured 8" layer cake tines, and bake 30 minutes in a preheated 350º oven.
• Let cool a little in the pans before turning out onto racks.
• If you wish you can cut each layer in half and spread filling between four layers. Whichever you choose to do, here's a suggestion for a mouth-watering between-the-layers spread:
• Beat the egg yolks until frothy. Mix sugar, cornstarch, milk and salt with the beaten yolks and cook in the top of a double boiler over hot water about 5 minutes.
• Stir constantly to keep the mixture from scorching.
• Grind nuts and add to cooked mixture with vanilla.
• Mix well, and spread between layers.
• Top the cake as follows:
• Stir the sugar with the rum until smooth. Add the water and beat well.
• Ice the sides and top of the cake. Sprinkle the ground nuts over the top.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cut 4 slices of bacon in half.
• Cut remaining bacon into 2" pieces.
• Place all bacon in a 10" oven-proof skillet and cook until crisp.
• Drain on paper towels, shaping the 8 large pieces into curls.
• Tilt frying pan to coat with fat.
• Drain excess fat.
• Line pan with small pieces of bacon.
• Beat eggs with flour, 3 teaspoons chives, salt and pepper.
• Beat in milk.
• Pour over bacon in pan.
• Place in oven and bake 35-40 minutes, or until golden and set.
• Top with bacon curls and remaining chives.
• Serve in wedges, garnished with tomato wedges.

Steps:

• Beat the four egg yolks until lemon colored.
• Add water and sugar and beat two minutes. Mix and sift the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt.
• Add to the egg yolk mixture. Beat well. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into the yolk and flour mixture.
• Add vanilla.
• Bake in four ungreased (or use a little oil) nine-inch cake pans (round or square), in a quick, hot oven preheated to 450ºF for 10 minutes.
• Fill with an assortment of fillings. Top with whipped cream.