Cakes and candies
Danes love sweets, particularly cake. Whether it is a homemade drømmekage (dream cake) with coconut and brown sugar or an elaborate strawberry tart from one of the country's many bakeries, no celebratory dinner is complete without a cake.
In addition, Danes have a passion for chocolate and for liquorice, particularly salt liquorice. Johan Bülow, a candymaker born on the Danish island of Bornholm, created an international sensation with a selection of chocolate-covered liquorice topped with additional flavours like raspberry and sea buckthorn, a local berry.
Updated hot dogs
Other Danish food standards are also getting upgrades to match contemporary tastes. For example, the Danish creation called the "French hot dog" - a sausage stuck in a round piece of bread and sold from a sidewalk cart - now often features organic meats, a sourdough bun, and healthy mashed roots on the side.
Meanwhile, Danish rugbrød or rye bread, the basis of many meals, is now available freshly-made from many bakeries and supermarkets. The bread contains no sugar and little fat, and it is rich in whole grain and dietary fiber.
