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Gâteau nantais is a cake originating in the city of Nantes in France. It is a soft, round pound cake, made of flour, sugar, [ 1] salted butter, [ 2] eggs, and almond meal, [ 3] then dampened with a punch of rum and lemon, [ 1] sometimes with an apricot gelée centre. [ 3] The round shaped cake top is topped with a white glaze thinned with rum ...
A profiterole ( French: [pʁɔfitʁɔl] ), cream puff (US), or chou à la crème ( French: [ʃu a la kʁɛm]) is a filled French choux pastry ball with a typically sweet and moist filling of whipped cream, custard, pastry cream, or ice cream. The puffs may be decorated or left plain or garnished with chocolate sauce, caramel, or a dusting of ...
Dessert. Place of origin. France. Main ingredients. Varies by type. Media: Petit four. French assortment of petits fours. A petit four (plural: petits fours, also known as mignardises) is a small bite-sized confectionery or savory appetiser. The name is French, petit four ( French pronunciation: [pə.ti fuʁ] ), meaning "small oven".
Madeleine (cake) The madeleine ( French pronunciation: [mad.lɛn], English: / ˈmædleɪn / or / ˌmædlˈeɪn / [1]) or petite madeleine ( [pə.tit mad.lɛn]) is a traditional small cake from Commercy and Liverdun, two communes of the Lorraine region in northeastern France . Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell -like ...
St. Honoré cake. 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 ...
France. Serving temperature. Hot. Main ingredients. Chocolate and wheat flour. A petit gâteau ( lit. 'small cake'; plural: petits gâteaux ), is a small cake. In French-speaking countries a dessert of a petit gâteau with chocolate is referred to as "gâteau fondant au chocolat" or simply "chocolat fondant" ("melting chocolate"). [1]
A traditional Chinese pastry that is popular in Jiangsu Province, China, and especially in Huai'an, a historic city which is considered as the home of Chasan. Chatti Pathiri. India ( Kerala ) A layered pastry made in the North Malabar and Malabar region, of Kerala State. It is made in both sweet and savory variations.
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 .