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Fruitcake or fruit cake is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. In the United Kingdom , certain rich versions may be iced and decorated . Fruitcakes are usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas .
Advocaat (/ ˈ æ d v ə k ɑː / ⓘ AD-və-kah, Dutch: [ɑtfoːˈkaːt] ⓘ) or advocatenborrel is a traditional Dutch alcoholic beverage made from eggs, sugar, and brandy. [1] The rich and creamy drink has a smooth, custard -like consistency.
Poffertjes (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɔfərtɕəs] ⓘ) are traditional Dutch batter cakes. Resembling small, fluffy pancakes, they are made with yeast and buckwheat flour. [1] [2] Typically, poffertjes are sweet treats served with powdered sugar and butter, and sometimes syrup or advocaat.
It has been stated that the first published election cake recipe appeared in 1796 in American Cookery. [35] Plum cake recipes in the fruitcake style appeared in early cookbooks in the Southern United States, and did not actually call for plums. [36] After 1830 plum cake was often referred to as fruit cake or black cake. [13]
A cake flavored with dried fruit such as sultanas or raisins, as well as ingredients such as cinnamon, treacle, cherries, and almond; it is often topped with decorative icing. Clementine cake: Australia: A cake prepared with clementine as a primary ingredient. Coconut cake: United States: A popular dessert in the Southern region of the United ...
Simnel cake is a fruitcake associated with Lent and Easter and widely eaten in England, Ireland and countries with patterns of migration from them. It is distinguished by layers of almond paste or marzipan , typically one in the middle and one on top, and a set of eleven balls made of the same paste.
Layer cake Birthday fruit cake Raisin cake. Cake is a flour confection made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients and is usually baked.In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate and which share features with desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies.
A torte (/ ˈ t ɔːr t /; [1] from German: Torte (German pronunciation:), in turn from Latin via Italian: torta) is a rich, usually multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams, or fruit. [2] Ordinarily, the cooled torte is glazed and garnished. Tortes are commonly baked in a springform pan.