Kransekage Mummies – a fusion of traditional Danish baking with Halloween! Kransekage Mummies are made with ground almonds and taste just like marzipan but baked and these have a delicious coating of dark chocolate underneath!
Having never celebrated Halloween as a child (as it was just something our American cousins did), when I had my own children I soon made up for lost time.
Indeed our front window gets turned into a Halloween shrine every year and until recently both of my children went out trick or treating, now it’s just my daughter who loves putting on her spooky make-up, fake blood, and black nail varnish.
I think the appeal of Halloween is that it’s fun, there are no presents to buy or lavish meals to plan like Christmas.
It’s also a time to have fun and get creative in the kitchen with your kids and with this in mind, I came up with the idea of Kransekage Mummies.
They are simple enough for a child to put together with the help of an adult and are so delicious, like marzipan in cake form – no style over substance here!
Kransekage is usually served in Denmark and other parts of Scandinavia at big celebrations in the form of concentric rings made into a tower and decorated with miniature crackers and flags.
We had 2 of these towers at our wedding and my husband said they looked like Madonna’s bra!
If you’re not having a big celebration though there’s no need to miss out.
Kransekage can be made into individual pieces and for extra yummy indulgence dipped in plain chocolate.
The white stripes of icing that usually adorn Kransekage are what gave me the idea to take this to the next level and fashion them into white bandages.
With a few tweaks to the shape, Kransekage Mummies were born! Let your kids have fun icing the stripes to make individual characters – they don’t need to look perfect!
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Kransekage Mummies
Ingredients
- 200 g Ground almonds
- 200 g Icing sugar
- 1 ½ Medium egg whites approx
Base
- 100 g Plain Chocolate
Icing
- 220 g Icing sugar
- 1 Egg white
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Mix sieved icing sugar and ground almonds together thoroughly.
- Add enough of the egg white to form a firm dough.
- Transfer dough to a work surface dusted with icing sugar and divide into two halves.
- Roll half dough out (with your hands) into a 2cm diameter sausage shape and divide into 6 equal lengths. Repeat with the other half.
- Place the dough sections on the paper lined baking tray and flatten, rounding off the ends and pinching in one end to form a head shape with your hands.
- Bake on the lowest oven shelf for 10 minutes until just golden.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Once cool, melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water.
- Use a pastry brush to paint the chocolate on to the base of each mummy.
- Put the mummies chocolate side down onto a fresh sheet of baking parchment or leave to set bottom up.
- Next make the icing by mixing the egg white and 220g icing sugar.
- Pipe wide stripes in a zig zag to make a bandage effect on the mummies.
- Then using the remainder of the molten chocolate, pipe eyes on the mummies.
- Allow the mummies to set and then transfer to an airtight container.
Amy Treasure
These are amazing and I love that green hand prop!
I feel the same about Halloween, it’s so much fun thanks to no stress of presents and not having to slave over a meal all day!
Camilla
Thanks Amy, yes I’m all for fun and no stress:-)
Kavey
So many of Halloween recipes look too tricky to make, my decoration skills aren’t up to much, but these look so doable!
Camilla
Thanks Kavey;-)
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
How fun are these?! They look really great Camilla, and I bet kids just love them.
Camilla
Thanks Dannii – the grown-ups are pretty keen too:-)
Paul Wilson
Lovely.
Heidi Roberts
Not sure whether to eat these or use them to scare kids trick-or-treating!
Camilla
LOL Heidi:-)
Janice
Those look yummy, mummy 😉
Camilla
Thanks Janice, they really are good:-)
Sisley White
I love them! They are so scary but so cute too!
I’ve never tried Kransekage but rather tempted now.
Camilla
thanks:-) Oh Sisley you need to try them, especially if you like marzipan:-)
Tracy
These look fantastic for halloween – I must admit I am not a fan of marzipan but I think I am the only one in the world who doesn’t like it, so I should make these for people!
Camilla
Thanks Tracy, it is like Marmite it seems!
Natalie Tamara
These are so cute… I mean scary! They sound delicious too 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Natalie, and yes I think they do indeed fall into the cute camp:-)
Paul Wilson
Halloween is almost upon us.
Camilla
I know, starting to panic LOL!
Paul Wilson
They’re really cute!
Camilla
Thanks Paul:-)
Heather Haigh
Proper fun food!
Bev
They do look fab!
Camilla
Thank you, they taste even better:-)
Maya Russell
These are lots of fun which Halloween should be about. I will definitely go to the recipe this Halloween.
Lisa Williams
I just wanted to let you know how well these went down on halloween i had to make 2 batches as my boyfriend scoffed the first lot 🙂
Camilla
They are very morish aren’t they, so glad you enjoyed them:-)
Paul Wilson
Love it!
Anne Wallwin
what a lovely idea!!!
Camilla
Thank you:-)
YOLANDA (yoey) DAVIS
a great idea, i might try these with the kids later.
Camilla
I made my second batch this morning, we just can’t get enough of them:-)
Ursula Hunt
My Grandson loved these, mind you so did the adults!
Camilla
I’m so glad you all enjoyed them, I’m going to make some more this morning:-)
Ursula Hunt
These will be great for my halloween party – thank you
Camilla
So pleased to have inspired you:-)
Lisa Williams
these are so cute 🙂 I love Halloween I can’t wait I will have to make some of these for the trick or treaters !
Camilla
Thank you, enjoy:-)
Jacqueline @How to be a Gourmand
They are brilliant Camilla 🙂 Hope you have a spooky Halloween!
Camilla
Thanks Jacqueline, we will:-)
DANIELLE VEDMORE
Aww they are really cute! xoxo
Camilla
Thanks Danielle:-)
Angela
Very, very cute!! A perfect baking project for the school holidays.