bakeries across Denmark have started selling bright orange Donald Trump ‘moron’ cakes

A family bakery in western Denmark has turned political tension into pastry. Kjer’s Brød in Videbæk (with another location in Vildbjerg) began selling bright orange Kvaje Kage—cakes shaped like Donald Trump’s face, complete with furrowed brows and a tuft of yellow “hair”—after the U.S. president renewed talk of acquiring Greenland.

The name is a layered Danish pun. Traditional Kaj kage are green frog-shaped cakes inspired by a children’s TV character. Change one letter and kvaj means a fool or someone who has said or done something stupid. In Danish custom, a person who messes up often owes friends a kvajebajer—a “moron beer”—as an apology. The bakery swapped the beer for cake.

Priced at about 25 Danish kroner (roughly $3.50–£2.80), the cakes sold out quickly after local coverage. Co-owner Peter Kjer has said the idea came from Trump’s remarks about Greenland, not a broader political statement, and that people have generally taken it as humor. The bakery later added a blue “frozen” version nicknamed Blåmp, playing on the idea of Trump standing in Arctic cold. Demand has come from as far as Australia, Indonesia, Norway, the UK, and the United States.

New York Times reporting in early 2026 noted the cakes selling out amid wider Danish reactions to the Greenland dispute, including boycott apps and “Make America Go Away” hats. The bakery’s owners later grew cautious about extra publicity, citing concern they could face trouble entering the United States.