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Flan cake, also known as leche flan cake or crème caramel cake, is a Filipino chiffon or sponge cake baked with a layer of leche flan (crème caramel) on top and drizzled with caramel syrup. It is sometimes known as "custard cake", which confuses it with yema cake .
The recipe is credited to Harry Baker (1883–1974), a Californian insurance salesman turned caterer. Baker kept the recipe secret for 20 years until he sold it to General Mills, which spread the recipe through marketing materials in the 1940s and 1950s under the name "chiffon cake", and a set of 14 recipes and variations was released to the public in a Betty Crocker pamphlet published in 1948.
Custard cake can refer to Flan cake, a Filipino dessert made with chiffon or sponge cake topped with a layer of crème caramel; Flancocho, a Puerto Rican dessert made with a sponge cake topped with a layer of crème caramel and cream cheese; Mille-feuille or custard slice, a French pastry with alternating layers of pastry cream and puff pastry
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This is a list of custard desserts, comprising prepared desserts that use custard as a primary ingredient. Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on a cooked mixture of milk [ 1 ] or cream , and egg [ 1 ] or egg yolk .
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"Cake" is a song by the American rapper Flo Rida, from the Atlantic Records compilation album "This Is a Challenge". [1] The song features the American rap duo 99 Percent . It was released to contemporary hit radio as a single on February 28, 2017.
According to the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, mille-feuille recipes from 17th century French and 18th century English cookbooks are a precursor to layer cakes.. The earliest mention of the name mille-feuille itself appears in 1733 in an English-language cookbook written by French chef Vincent La Chapelle. [4]