After 6 weeks of uni, I decided that I thoroughly deserved a cake-break. And if you want a cake-break in Copenhagen, the only place for it is La Glace - Denmark's oldest conditori and bakery.
La Glace was founded on 8 October, 1870 and has remained in its original location (Skoubogade 3) ever since. The interior has remained the same since 1924, and some of the furniture dates back to the opening date. The bakery has been owned and operated by Henningsen family over 6 successive generations. Long story short - these guys are really good at cake.
Walking into the bakery is a step back in time. An army of grandmothers in frilly aprons bustle behind the counter operating antique coffee machines and shelves groan under the weight of the cakes displayed. The menus are all in Danish, but realistically when you're going to a bakery that is still going strong after 100yrs, there is a built in limit as to how "wrong" you can go. I ended up with the H.C Andersen cake which was a diabetic-coma-inducing concoction of chocolate cake, chocolate mousse and chocolate+some-kind-of-citrus mousse. The cake was served with a hot chocolate that I'm not convinced wasn't just melted chocolate in a jug, with a generous cup of whipped cream on the side.
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| Our cakes. |
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| The H.C. Hat. Which I can't recommend highly enough. |
La Glace: 1.
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