{"id":7357,"date":"2015-11-10T18:59:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=7357"},"modified":"2015-11-10T18:59:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:59:25","slug":"big-queues-sell-outs-cardiffs-first-danish-bakery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/10\/big-queues-sell-outs-cardiffs-first-danish-bakery\/","title":{"rendered":"Big queues and sell-outs at Cardiff&#039;s first Danish bakery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">CARDIFF\u2019S first Danish bakery, Brod, has opened its doors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7359\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bakery.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7359\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bakery-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Crowds outside the Danish Bakery Copyright: @ILovesTheDiff \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7359\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bakery-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Crowds outside the Danish Bakery Copyright: @ILovesTheDiff \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Crowds outside the Danish Bakery<br \/>Copyright: @ILovesTheDiff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Betina Skovbro,\u00a0owner of the\u00a0Pontcanna based bakery on Wyndham Crescent, has run out of stock every day since opening last week<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">By three in the afternoon last Friday the only items left on the menu were a couple of breakfast rolls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mrs Skovbro, a\u00a041- year- old mother of two, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s beyond anything we can imagine. We are very pleased. On the first day we opened without telling anyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;On Sunday we managed to make just the right amount to last the day. We are getting better at guessing how much to make. We are still learning. We are working as fast as we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The bakery sells a wide range of Danish pastries and breads that remind Mrs Skovbro of her childhood in Denmark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">She said: &#8220;Danish pastries are meant to taste as good here as they do in Denmark. When the pastries go in you can smell the cinnamon and the custard around the room.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7369\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/betina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7369\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/betina-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Betina Skovbro, Ben Davies and Catherine Ferguson \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7369\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/betina-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Betina Skovbro, Ben Davies and Catherine Ferguson \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Pictured: Betina Skovbro, Ben Davies and Catherine Ferguson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;My granddad was a baker himself. We always used to bake a lot as a child. My mum and\u00a0granddad\u00a0always baked with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mrs Skovbro, a part-time photographer, has lived in Wales for 17 years and has always wanted to open a bakery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">She said: \u201cThis building was a wine merchants. I took over in July. It\u2019s been a long process but I am relieved it has finally opened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Former journalist and customer, Nicholas Whitehead, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s great to see Betina continuing her Danish family tradition in Cardiff. The bread and buns are good, of course, but the main thing is that she&#8217;s created something smart, stylish and cool on the fringes of Pontcanna.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Customer, Christian Amodeo, the founder of I Loves the Diff website, said: &#8220;I used to consider this area to be the start of Canton but with an offy being replaced by a Danish bakery and Bully&#8217;s and Betti Biggs over the road it&#8217;s very much Pontcanna.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7373\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/inside-bakery.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7373\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/inside-bakery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the Bakery\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7373\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/inside-bakery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the Bakery\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Inside the Bakery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cUnlike many things in life, the queues which we\u00a0experienced\u00a0on its first Saturday since opening were entirely justified.\u00a0We were lucky to grab two of the last few items- a beautiful Danish crown, cooked to perfection, and a cinnamon bun thing was delicious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cThe coffee was good too, though the decaf not so great. The staff were really friendly too, which is a basic\u00a0requirement\u00a0but hey, they were under pressure and this is Pontcanna. We drove from Roath Park to check it out and I&#8217;m afraid to say, it may be a regular journey now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF\u2019S first Danish bakery, Brod, has opened its doors. Betina Skovbro,\u00a0owner of the\u00a0Pontcanna based bakery on Wyndham Crescent, has run out of stock every day since opening last week By three in the afternoon last Friday the only items left on the menu were a couple of breakfast rolls. Mrs Skovbro, a\u00a041- year- old mother of two, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s beyond anything we can imagine. We are very pleased. 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