When the weather heats up and turning on the oven loses its luster, you can still quell a craving for carbs with a visit to the bakery section at your neighborhood Trader Joe’s. You’ll find everyday staples like sliced breads, bagels, and tortillas, along with a seasonally rotating selection of muffins, cookies, and pastries—all for a fraction of the prices you might find elsewhere. Case in point: Trader Joe’s Danish Princess Pastry. Not to be confused with the Swedish sponge cake bearing the same name (who knew so many sweets were marked with this royal moniker?), Trader Joe’s Danish Princess Pastry is made for us in Denmark, constructed of classic, tender pastry dough cradling a creamy, custard style, persipan-infused filling. (Fun fact: persipan is an aromatic confectionary ingredient used in baking, and as you might guess, akin to marzipan, but made with apricot kernels instead of almonds.) Rather than a single-serve round, this Danish is formed into an easy-to- slice rectangle that can easily feed a crowd, and with a just-about-even ratio of pastry to filling, it’s equally at home on a breakfast buffet or dessert platter. It can be enjoyed right out of the package, and if you can stand the heat, a 2-to-4-minute stint in the oven truly takes it over the top. Whether you enjoy your Pastry warm or cold, do as the Danes do and complement it with a strong, dark cup of coffee, like TJ’s French Roast [sku 77083].