Brød, Danish bakery and coffee shop, Cardiff review

Cardiff’s craft bakery scene has changed hugely over the last few years. So much so that Brød, a Danish bakery and coffee shop which only opened in 2015, is now one of the veterans of the scene.

Owned by Betina Skovbro, who originally hails from Copenhagen (where her grandfather used to be a baker), Brod now has branches in both Pontcanna and Penarth. 

I’ve eaten plenty of their in-house baked snegls and spandauer over the years but somehow never stopped off for something more substantial to eat.

Brød’s focus is very much on the sweet stuff - their handsome window display is well-stacked with cream snegls, rhubarb and custard spandauer, rosenbrod, kobenhavner and chokolade bolle. 

Inside, a more compact selection of savouries includes cheese and marmite snegl, slabs of focaccia and pre-filled sandwiches. 

Having placed our order at the counter, our lunch was brought over in a matter of minutes. 

An iced Americano (£3.25) and an iced oat milk latte (£3.25) were both deliciously refreshing on a swelteringly hot day. 

An airy and olive oil rich piece of focaccia (£4.75) was well-filled with a classic combination of creamy mozzarella, punchy pesto, sweet sunblushed tomatoes and basil.

A light and crisp poppy seed bun (£4.50) was stuffed with slices of fine-textured Swedish style meatballs, fresh salad and a good lick of American style mustard. 

Both our sandwiches were very good but the sweet pastries were even better. 

A citron knudl (£3) combined a sweet and sticky crisp crust and a lovely squidgy interior. It had a lovely zing of lemon and delicate twang of cardamom.  

An æble snegl (£2.95) saw a light-crumbed iced bun topped with sweet and tangy apple compote as well as warming cinnamon and sticky icing. 

But, the standout was an overskåren (£2.95), a trio of treats in one. Crisp flaky pastry contained a seam of wobbly egg rich custard running down the middle and sticky icing and marzipan at one end and rich chocolate icing and cinnamon at the other.

I really like Brød. It’s a little slice of Copenhagen in the middle of Cardiff and a lovely spot for a quick bite to eat.

The details:

Address - Brød, 126 Wyndham Cres, Pontcanna, Cardiff CF11 9EG
Web - http://www.thedanishbakery.co.uk/
Telephone - 029 2025 1822