Kagens Dag

"Cake Day"

May 18 is cake day. Hundreds of people had bought tickets over a month ago in order to be able to eat all of the cake they possibly could! At 13.00 I stood in line with hundreds of lækkersulten (hungry for sweet food) Danes. We entered the City Hall building (my first time in City Hall) and saw hundreds of cakes, cookies, breads and sweets lining the walls.

The City Hall, and the line to get inside.

We had to wait until 13.30 while we listened to speakers explain the significance of Cake Day - I believe that it is to raise money for cancer research. We got a good spot right next to some of the cakes and so as soon as we were given permission we dived in and took a plate full of chocolate and sweets. The tables were thronged with people; it was difficult to move back because everyone was trying to hard to get to the cake. We stood in line for more cake while eating our cake.

Like a little kid in a candy shop

After we were able to refill our plates, we sat down to enjoy the cake and coffee. I thought that I had a pretty big stomach for sweets, but after two plates of pure sugar I was feeling a little ill, so I took croissants and scones after that.

Our second servings

You could really tell who had come to Cake Day before. The veterans had blankets to sit down on the ground with; they brought their own (bigger) plates because the ones provided were very small. And people also brought tupperware with them. Cake Day is serious business in Denmark.