Kyiv cake
A Kyiv cake (Ukrainian: торт "Київський") is a brand of dessert cake, made in Kyiv, Ukraine, USSR since December 6, 1956[2] by the Karl Marx Confectionery Factory (now a subsidiary of the Roshen corporation). It soon became popular all over the Soviet Union.
 Kyiv cake slice | |
| Alternative names | Kiev cake |
|---|---|
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Ukraine |
| Region or state | Kyiv |
| Created by | Karl Marx Confectionery Factory |
| Main ingredients | Meringue, hazelnuts, chocolate |
| 481 kilocalories per 100 g[1] kcal | |
The cake has become one of the symbols of Kyiv city, particularly by its brand name and package, depicting the horse chestnut leaf, the informal coat of arms of Kyiv.
The cake has two airy layers of meringue with hazelnuts, chocolate glaze, and a buttercream-like filling.[1]
History
Once confectioners forgot to put some amount of egg-white for the biscuit in a cooler. The next morning the chef Kostyantyn Petrenko, with the help of 17-year-old assistant Nadia Chornohor, in order to hide the mistake of his colleagues, spread frozen cakes with buttercream, strewed with powder, decorated with floral ornaments.
The recipe of the Kyiv cake has changed with time: in the 1970s, bakers perfected the process of making egg-white and nut mixture, then started to add hazelnut in cake and began experimenting with peanuts and cashews. However, these expensive nuts increased the cake's cost so the factory returned to using hazelnuts.
See also
References
- Київський (in Ukrainian). Roshen. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- Вечерние Вести. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Retrieved 2012-12-06.
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