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Chocolate torte with decorated top. 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.
The French word tarte can be translated to mean either pie or tart, as both are mainly the same except a pie usually covers the filling in pastry, while flans and tarts leave it open. [1] While many tarts are also tart, in the sense of sour in taste, this appears to be a coincidence; the etymologies of the two senses of the word are quite separate.
Typically Parisian, called tarte bourdaloue. [citation needed] Pecan pie: United States: Sweet A pie made primarily of corn syrup or molasses and pecan nuts in a pie shell. Pie à la mode: United States Sweet A pie with ice cream on top. Pirog: Russia, Ukraine: Savory or sweet The generic term for pies and pasties in Eastern-Slavic cuisines.
In the southern Philippines, in the Visayas and Mindanao islands, torta is generally used to refer to small cakes. It usually refers to mamón or torta mamón, a native porous sponge cake delicacy (traditionally made with lard and palm wine) that resembles a large cupcake with butter, sugar, and/or cheese on top, traditionally served with sikwate (a thick, hot drink made of ground roasted ...
Sachertorte sold at a café Sachertorte from Budapest Sachertorte as a present. Sachertorte (UK: / ˈ z æ x ər t ɔːr t ə / ZAKH-ər-tor-tə, US: / ˈ s ɑː k ər t ɔːr t / SAH-kər-tort; German: [ˈzaxɐˌtɔʁtə] ⓘ) is a chocolate cake, or torte, of Austrian origin, [1] [2] invented by Franz Sacher, [3] supposedly in 1832 for Prince Metternich in Vienna.
A lemon tart (French: tarte au citron) is a dessert dish, a variety of tart.It has a pastry shell with a lemon flavored filling.. In the United Kingdom, lemon tart consists of a pastry case (often made in a fluted tart tin) containing a baked lemon custard (usually composed of eggs, sugar, lemon juice and cream).
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Sugar pie (tarte au sucre): which possibly came with the arrival of the "King's Daughters" in Quebec during the 1600s, where the imported brides used maple syrup, butter and dried fruit to make a possible precursor to modern examples of the butter tart. [2] The butter tart is sometimes described as a smaller, tart-sized version of the sugar pie.