Kyiv cake

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Kyiv cake
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Kyiv cake slice
Alternative namesKiev cake
CourseDessert
Place of originUkraine
Region or stateKyiv
Created byKarl Marx Confectionery Factory
Main ingredientsMeringue, hazelnuts, chocolate
Food energy
(per serving)
481 kilocalories per 100 g[1] kcal

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.

The cake has become one of the symbols of Kyiv, 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[]

Opened cake, close-up.

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.[citation needed]

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.

Preparation[]

Nuts are fried, finely chopped and mixed with flour. Whip the egg whites, gradually adding the sugar and vanilla powder. Both mixtures are combined. The resulting dough is spread on paper in an even layer 0.6-0.7 cm thick and baked at 150-160 ° C. The baked cakes are dried for 12 hours at 25-30 ° C, then the paper is separated from them by moistening it with water. The cakes are smeared with chocolate buttercream and put together. The sides are also coated with cream and crumbs are applied to them from the remnants of the cakes. The top is trimmed with colored buttercream (an image of a blooming chestnut) and decorated with fruits and candied fruits.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Київський (in Ukrainian). Roshen. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Торт по-киевски

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