When we talk about the most unusual cakes in the world, you need to take into account that they will be unusual, first of all, from the point of view of the cuisine we are used to!
As is the case with any other confectionery product, and indeed a culinary dish in general, a cake to order, which is considered traditional in one region, may seem completely different to the inhabitants of another.
It’s like in the now popular rental services with exotic cars in Dubai, for example, where you can choose a car for rent for every taste and color, with its own unique “stuffing” and produced in various parts of the world. And yet they are all in one place right in front of you, like in a giant candy store. And whichever one you rent, you will be able to enjoy the pleasure that a stylish Porsche or luxury Mercedes S Class can give you and you will be satisfied with such a rental experience in any case.
The farther the countries of origin of a dish are from each other, the more pronounced are the differences in the products used for its preparation, additives, and spices. This is dictated by the availability of certain ingredients in a particular part of the world.
By the way, the history of cakes goes back several thousand years, and Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece are considered their homeland. And we move on to our sweet selection of the most unusual cakes in the world.
1. American “Great Chocolate Wall” Cake
This is an original serving, execution, and recipe cake with melted dark chocolate and raspberry jam, very popular in the USA.
Its composition includes vanilla extract, whipped butter, cream, dry flour mixture, milk, and eggs, and with the addition of each egg, the mass is beaten again, and a little salt is poured into the flour and cream. A glaze from large pieces of melted chocolate lies in layers between the cakes. The Great Chocolate Wall is served with raspberry jam and fresh berries.
2. French “Three Milk” Cake
The most popular cake among French housewives, which they love for its simplicity of the recipe and exquisite taste.
Its basis is porous dough soaked in a mixture of regular and boiled condensed milk with cream. The culinary composition is complemented by buttercream, and sometimes fresh fruit.
4. Broken glass
A modern bright jelly-biscuit cake that does not have a pronounced attachment to any national cuisine.
Biscuit cakes are combined with gelatin and sweetened sour cream, which plays the role of a link. To prepare this confectionery, the biscuit and multi-colored jelly are cut into cubes (large and small) – respectively, then the biscuit is coated with sour cream and decorated with gelatins.
5. Layered Hungarian cake “Dobosh”
Layered cake with berries covered with delicate chocolate icing and a Hungarian classic. The favorite delicacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empress Elisabeth.
Hungarian confectioners believe that in a real Dobosh there should be exactly 6 layers of biscuit, caramel icing, and chocolate cream. Also, the ingredients of this confectionery product include cocoa and rum.
6. “Red velvet” is a favorite dessert of Canadians
A cake with an incredibly spectacular look and incomparable taste. Bright red porous and moist cakes and snow-white buttercream. Instead of milk, buttermilk is used here – skimmed cream obtained during the production of butter from cow’s milk.
The taste of Red Velvet is unexpectedly chocolatey thanks to cocoa. However, the fact that it is part of this confectionery masterpiece can only be guessed by trying. The red color, created with food coloring, diverts all attention to itself and the chocolate flavor becomes a pleasant surprise.
7. Mink mole
This is not so much a specific recipe as the form of the cake itself, it’s serving.
The idea is that large pieces of banana are placed on a biscuit base, which is completely hidden behind a massive hat of cream or soufflé made from cream cheese, and cottage cheese. Biscuit for “Mink Mole” can be made to your taste: chocolate or regular.
8. Oriental Beauty
Is a delicious and simple dessert with dates or dried fruits, which are the filling for the cake, that is, they are baked right in the dough – at the base of the cake.
Before preparing this confectionery from dates and dried fruits, the bones must be removed, and cinnamon is added to the dough.
9. Cake “Snickers”
Sponge cake with peanuts and cream based on boiled condensed milk, tastes like the legendary chocolate bar. Cream with peanuts connects the layers of biscuit, and the biscuit, in turn, covers the melted chocolate.