In Denmark's New Year's Eve tradition, the dessert often served with a hidden almond for luck is risalamande.
Risalamande is a Danish rice pudding dessert made with rice, cream, chopped almonds, and vanilla, usually served with warm cherry sauce. Although it is especially associated with Christmas Eve, it can also appear in Danish holiday celebrations around New Year's.
A whole almond may be hidden in the dessert. The person who finds it traditionally receives a small prize, making the dish a playful family custom. The almond itself is not meant to be confused with a coin or other foreign object; it is simply concealed among the chopped almonds and rice.
Kransekage is another Danish New Year's food, but it is a ring-shaped almond cake rather than the hidden-almond rice pudding. That distinction makes the two dishes easy to mix up when discussing Danish celebrations.