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Battenberg [1] or Battenburg [2] cake is a light sponge cake with variously coloured sections held together with jam and covered in marzipan. In cross section , the cake has a distinctive pink and yellow check pattern .
Blue cake (German: Blauer Kuchen) is a flaky pastry that is a specialty of the Frutig valley (the lower part of the Kander valley consisting of the municipalities of Aeschi, Reichenbach, Frutigen and Kandergrund) in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It consists only of puff pastry with no filling or other ingredients. Despite its name, it is ...
The cakes are sold in United Kingdom supermarkets. The cake was also made and marketed in British India, and in independent India after 1947, by Britannia Industries and its successor firms. After 1980, the cake was withdrawn from the market; however, it continued to be supplied privately as a corporate Christmas gift by the maker.
Princess cake or Princess Torte [1] [2] (Swedish: prinsesstårta) is a traditional Swedish layer cake or torte consisting of alternating layers of airy sponge cake, pastry cream, and a thick-domed layer of whipped cream. The cake is covered by a layer of rolled marzipan, giving it a smooth, rounded top.
Welsh cakes are made from flour, butter or lard, currants, eggs, milk, and spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. [2] [6] They are roughly circular, a few inches (7–8 cm) [citation needed] in diameter and about half an inch (1–1.5 cm) thick. Welsh cakes are served hot or cold, sometimes dusted with caster sugar.
Better than sex cake is a cake baked using yellow cake mix, with a juicy pineapple center, covered with layers of vanilla pudding and sweetened whipped cream, and sprinkled with coconut flakes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A variant using chocolate cake mix, caramel topping, and crumbled toffee is known by similar names such as better than Robert Redford ...
Cherry cake is a traditional British cake. The cake consists of glacé cherries evenly suspended within a Madeira sponge; it can also be considered as a basic or trivial variation of pound cake. [7] Glacé cherries are used because the moisture within fresh cherries causes them to sink to the bottom of any cake, ruining the cake's form.
Cakes may also be filled with cream cheese, praline, cinnamon, or an assortment of fruit fillings. [38] Traditionally, a small porcelain baby, [39] symbolizing Jesus, is hidden in the king cake and is a way for residents of Louisiana to celebrate their Christian faith. [40] The baby symbolizes luck and prosperity to whoever finds it.