Talk:Kransekage

Rename?

This cake looks an awful lot like the Danish "kransekage" and Swedish "Kransekaka". If all of Scandinavia knows the same dish, it might be an idea to move the article to "marzipan ring cake" to avoid creating duplicate articles. "Marzipan ring cake" is just a suggestion, but it seems to be the most common translation for the Danish cake. Thoughts? Valentinian ^{(talk) / (contribs)} 22:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

If the dishes are slight variations on the same theme, then moving them all to a single page would probably be a good idea. But, to the best of my knowledge, "Marzipan ring cake" is almost never used to describe the thing; rather, the word kransekake/kransekaka/kransekage is used. Ourai ^т _с 23:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

WP naming conventions support Ourai: "...unless the native form is more commonly recognized by readers than the English form." I believe this is one such case. 72.15.32.39 21:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Apropos naming, the cake is only eaten in Denmark and Norway - sadly not in Sweden. It has no Swedish name, sv-wiki simply uses the Norwegian name. /SvNH

I prefer a rename. It is easy to argue that the danish name is more commonly used than the norwegian, but a naming contest is in no one interest. A neutral translation is more suitable. Since we have examples of "Marzipan ring cake" used as a translation, I back this suggestion. Carewolf 10:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Fact is, this cake is 100% Danish, and while eaten elsewhere, it should certainly be renamed, because right now it uses the Norwegian name, when the cake has no relation to Norway, historically. Furthermore, their recipes differ, so the main picture should be changed as well, to better represent the Danish version. I just edited the article, stating its Danish origin, as facts prove that this delicacy is from there, invented by a baker in Copenhagen in the 1700s, and there is plenty of facts to back it up. The Danish encyclopedia for example, states this fact very clearly, but is sadly unavailable online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.162.164.134 (talk) 09:22, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Serving

Could someone add something about how the cake is served? I am very curious. {unsigned|69.210.96.177|18:51, November 23, 2006}}

It's served like a normal cake, I believe, except with a bigger, badder, pointier knife because the rings are more dense. No special treatment. Ourai ^т _с 02:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Knives aren't normally used serving the Danish version of the cake. You begin at the top and break rings off the finished cake, one or a few at the time, which is very easy since the rings are "glued" together using chocolate. Each person takes either a whole (smaller) ring or around a quarter or half of a bigger ring. It is eaten using fingers only, and on New Year's Eve, many people literally approach the strike of 12 with a glass of champagne in one hand and a piece of kransekage in the other. Valentinian ^{T / C} 19:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

The above. This cake is broken up from the top downwards and eaten with fingers like a snack. --Joffeloff (talk) 23:01, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

In the video is mentioned, that one is counting with 50 gr Kransekage per person.--93.104.13.204 (talk) 03:47, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Mentioned in "Sophie's World"?

Near the end of the novel when she had her birthday party, it mentioned about an almond paste ring stack. Is it the same thing? cecikierk

Yup. Maybe almond paste is a better description than marzipan- it is much more "coarse" than the latter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:C440:20:E68:1157:8BDE:DC49:CD9F (talk) 01:42, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Stub?

I do not understand, why this should be a stub. The only thing, which ist missing, are Kransekagestænger, small fingers of Kransekage, which are cookies. They can be bought in Skandinavia. I added the video. And I am thinking, that the second photo is useless. --93.104.13.204 (talk) 03:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Maybe a preparation and recipe could be in order? 82.209.19.98 (talk) 11:38, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Not only norwegian

Someone deleted the reference to Denmark. I undid the delete, but now now my undo is being undone. look at the sources/references, this is both danish and norwegian not one or the other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:2012:312:B400:6DD4:76C7:7CDE:9374 (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

I tried to undo vandalism but Serols insist that the the same thing can not have different names in different countries and therefor it can not be from both. Why should their be a wikipedia entry for both kransekake and kransekage when it is the same thing originating from the same region and used the same way?2001:2012:312:B400:6DD4:76C7:7CDE:9374 (talk) 17:01, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

This you can mention under a new section, but you do not change up the article name --Serols (talk) 08:26, 11 December 2016 (UTC)