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Queen Elizabeth cake is a dessert cake prepared with sugar, flour, dates, eggs, and butter, and topped with a sugary icing infused with shredded coconut. [2][3][4] The cake is named after Elizabeth II. [2][5] It is a popular cake in Canada. [2] The coconut topping is prepared by broiling or grilling. [4]
Opera cake. Opera cake (French: Gâteau opéra) is a French cake. It is made with layers of almond sponge cake (known as Joconde in French) soaked in coffee syrup, layered with ganache and coffee (or Grand Marnier) French buttercream, and covered in a chocolate glaze. Its name originates from its layers resembling the levels of an opera house.
The St. Honoré cake, usually known by its French name gâteau St-Honoré, and also sometimes called St. Honoratus cake, [1] is a pastry dessert named for the French patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs, Saint Honoré or Honoratus (d. 600 AD), Bishop of Amiens. [2] In 1847, it was invented by Auguste Julien, [3] at the Chiboust bakery on Rue ...
Bola doce Mirandesa (lit. 'sweet Mirandesa ball') is an artisanal yeast cake from Miranda do Douro similar to folar. It is enriched with eggs, butter and olive oil, and flavored with cinnamon. The dough is rolled out into a thin sheet and sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
The Troelfth Cake.French original. Black and white engraving The Troelfth Cake, German version, in color. The Troelfth Cake (also The Twelfth Cake, The Royal Cake, The Cake of Kings, from the French: Le gâteau des rois, Polish: Kołacz królewski, Placek królewski) is a 1773 French allegory and satire on the First Partition of Poland. [1]
Almond flour, pastry cream or preserved cherries. Media: Gâteau Basque. Gâteau Basque (Basque: Etxeko bixkotxa; "cake of the house") is a traditional dessert from the Northern Basque region of France, typically filled with black cherry jam or pastry cream. Gâteau Basque with cream is more typical in the Southern Basque region of Spain.
Financier (cake) A financier (French pronunciation: [fi.nɑ̃.sje]) (formerly known as a visitandine [clarification needed] (French pronunciation: [vi.zi.tɑ̃.din])) is a small French almond cake, flavoured with beurre noisette, usually baked in a small mold. [1][2] Light and moist with a crisp, eggshell-like exterior, [3][4] the traditional ...
Merveilleux (dessert) The merveilleux (marvelous) is a small cake that originated in Belgium and is now found in France and some U.S. cities. [1] It consists of a sandwich of two light meringues welded with whipped cream which has been covered with whipped cream and dusted with chocolate shavings. A candied cherry sometimes decorates the cake.