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Karen > wrote:

> On Aug 17, 5:45 am, Melba's Jammin' >
> wrote:
> > My recollection is that it's a bit chewy. Recipe below leads me to
> > think something like a chewy meringue but heavy. Macaroony? I think
> > I've had it only once.

>
> Macaroony is a good description. I have the ring pans, and have made
> kransekake a few times. Mine have never ever ever turned out pretty
> like the pictures you see online. The small rings cook faster than the
> big ones, mine stick to the pan, come out of the pan in sections,
> glued together with icing, and I am not good at decorating with the
> icing in the least iota. They end up looking like a kid's science
> project. (Hence, the reason the cake was flown in from Minneapolis for
> Marti's wedding.) That said, the bakery one did not taste as good as
> the ones I remember being homemade in the past (but hey that is true
> with most things, huh?)
>
> Karen


<grin> What bakery did the cake.
And did you make peace with your sister about your daughter not being in
the wedding? (I think that's what I remember.)
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