Joffre cake
A Joffre cake[1] is a chocolate buttermilk layer cake filled with chocolate ganache and frosted with chocolate buttercream originally created at Bucharest's Casa Capșa restaurant, in honor of a visit by French Marshal Joseph Joffre, shortly after World War I.[2]
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Type | Cake |
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Course | Dessert |
Place of origin | Romania |
Region or state | Bucharest |
Created by | Casa Capșa |
Main ingredients | Buttermilk, chocolate, buttercream |
Some commentators[3] say the size of the Joffre cake probably had as a model the Adrian helmet worn by French and Romanian soldiers during World War I.[4]
Notes and references
- "Definition of Joffre" (in Romanian). dexonline.
- "La Maison Capsa" (in French).
- "Marshall's cake" (in Romanian). Historia.
- "THE JOFFRE CAKE" (PDF).
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