{"id":6605,"date":"2025-11-06T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=6605"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:07:18","slug":"danish-dream-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/danish-dream-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Dream Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>If there\u2019s one thing everyone seems to agree on it\u2019s that this Danish Dream Cake is absolutely delicious. What sources don\u2019t seem to agree on is its origin story. Some say that a young Danish girl entered her grandmother\u2019s secret family recipe in a baking competition and won the whole thing, making it famous throughout the country. Personally, I love that version of the story so it\u2019s the one I\u2019ve chosen to believe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>INGREDIENTS<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup butter (1 stick)<\/p>\n<p>\u2153 cup whole milk<\/p>\n<p>3 eggs<\/p>\n<p>1 cup sugar<\/p>\n<p>1 3\/4 cup flour<\/p>\n<p>1 \u00bd teaspoon vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p>1 \u00be teaspoons baking powder<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>COCONUT TOPPING<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup butter (1 stick)<\/p>\n<p>1 cup brown sugar<\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons milk<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/p>\n<p>2 cups shredded sweetened coconut<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PREPARATION<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and thoroughly grease a 9-inch springform pan.<\/p>\n<p>In a small microwave safe bowl, add butter and milk. Heat until butter is fully melted and stir to combine, then set aside.<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, mix eggs and sugar until light and airy, then add vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, and salt and mix until just combined. Gently mix in butter-milk mixture.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer batter to the prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until top has set. Start on coconut topping as it bakes.<\/p>\n<p>Topping: Add butter, brown sugar, and milk to a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until it reaches a simmer. Remove from heat and mix in vanilla and coconut.<\/p>\n<p>Remove cake from the oven at the 25-30 minute mark and pour coconut topping over the top. Spread into an even layer.<\/p>\n<p>Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F and bake for another 8-10 minutes until coconut begins to turn golden.<\/p>\n<p>Allow cake to fully cool before slicing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s one thing everyone seems to agree on it\u2019s that this Danish Dream Cake is absolutely delicious. What sources&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Danish Dream Cake - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"If there\u2019s one thing everyone seems to agree on it\u2019s that this Danish Dream Cake is absolutely delicious. What sources don\u2019t seem to agree on is its origin stor"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6607,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions\/6607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}