Comments on: Princess Cake

By: Amanda Reynolds

Amanda Reynolds — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:01:59 +0000

My sister-in- law is marring a guy from sweeden and this is what they want for their wedding Cake. So how do you make it a head of time with out the marzipan getting soft like I have read it will? If anyone can help that would be great.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:30:22 +0000

Got hooked on slices at Gelson’s in SoCal.

By: Eddie Disney

Eddie Disney — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:08:29 +0000

I have made Swedish Princess Cakes since I was about 17 and I’m now 83. I’m Swedish born and have lived in the USA just about my entire life. It is unfortunate that none of the websites that have recipes on how to bake a Princess Cake does not have the history and story of how the Princess Cake came about. In my opinion the Swedish Princess Cake is probably one of the ultimate cakes ever devised.

By: ferhana

ferhana — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:24:50 +0000

i am currently living in Sweden for almost 4 years and I have to say that I have love the princess tart since my first helping. It is most distressing to learn that the cake contains a rum soaking solution. Not consuming it through religious beliefs I guess I would just have to make it myself in future with my own little variation.
thank you though for enlightning me.

By: Sarah Mousa

Sarah Mousa — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:27:28 +0000

Hi, I just got back from Sweden(the country I will loved and will love all my life)today is Nov.04.08 and I just got back from
Sweden and I ate the princes cake almost every day (gained 10 lb in 12 days)I wish I will find a place in Michigan makes this great cake .I thing who ever create this cake and named it has a real princes in his life and Im sure was a male.

thanks

Sarah Mousa

By: Noodles

Noodles — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:24:18 +0000

I stored the assembled Princess Cake into the fridge overnight and noticed that there were syrupy liquid along the bottom sides of the marzipan the next day. when we serve the cake it was very much soggy and could no longer hold a perfect domed-shape. it was tasty but not good looking. p.s. I set the pastry cream with a little butter and use no cream and i brushed the cake layer very lightly with rum syrup. Could anyone tell me if this is a normal phenonmenon for the Pricess Cake? Many thanks

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:34:47 +0000

I hunted and hunted for a prinsesstarta here in Los Angeles for the Swedish boyfriend - I found the Great Dane in Los Alamitos (saw this in another post) and Berolina Bakery in Glendale, who both make KILLER princess cakes. Berolina is owned by a Swedish couple - so it was really nice to have them help me translate “Happy Birthday” and other holidays - but Mikael really liked the thinner marzipan at Great Dane. Either way - he couldn’t have been happier as he grew up on these cakes. I’m not a marzipan fan - at all - but I gave it a second chance and I LOVE this cake.

By: Vy

Vy — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:42:07 +0000

The princess cake from Miette really is darling, and tastes wonderful. I purchased one for a Swedish friend’s birthday luncheon, to be sliced and served in the restaurant offsite.
Unfortunately it doesn’t travel well on the hour-long train ride back to San Jose. I would love to find a bakery in the South Bay that was proficient in making this type of cake. Or even a decent European bakery; how I loathe the Asian imitations with no flavor whatsoever.

Also of note, Viktor Benes stocks bakery items at Gelson’s Supermarkets in the LA area, find them in the bakery department.

By: Scary Kitty

Scary Kitty — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:40:46 +0000

Another place to find a good princess cake is The Great Dane Baking Company in Huntington Beach, CA (6855 Warner Ave.) and in Los Alamitos, CA (11196 Los Alamitos Blvd.). They have both the regular size cakes and individual slices from a log-style cake, and sometimes even nifty little half-size cakes!

By: buttercup

buttercup — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:18:57 +0000

I like the dark green color. Have you discovered anywhere in NY (a cafe) where you can get a slice? (Other than IKEA).