This cake, also known as Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte, features kirsch flavoured chocolate sponge, cherries and whipped cream.
What is a Black Forest Cake.
100
This rich mixture made from chocolate and cream, can be used as both an icing or glaze and a filling.
What is ganache.
100
This is the one ingredient that both Pastry cream and creme Anglaise don't have in common.
What is cornstarch or flour.
100
When making a mousse, this is the stage to which you whip your cream.
What are soft peaks.
100
This patron saint of Pastry Chefs has a dessert named after him.
Who is Saint Honore.
200
The name of this classic French wedding cake means "crunch in the mouth"
What is a croquembouche.
200
This icing is made from Italian meringue and gelatin.
What is marshmallow icing.
200
A dessert baked in a caramel lined vessel and served unmolded.
What is creme caramel.
200
This is a mixture of pastry cream, whipped egg whites and gelatin.
What is creme Chiboust.
200
These are the two flavours in a "gianduja"
What are chocolate and hazelnut.
300
This famous cake was at the centre of a major legal battle over who should be allowed to make it. It consists of a kirsch soaked chocolate cake filled with apricot preserves and iced with both ganache and chocolate glacage.
What is a Sachertorte.
300
This icing is used as both a decoration and a building material.
What is royal icing.
300
Apart from where the caramel is placed, this is the main difference between creme caramel and creme brulee.
What is the creme caramel is made with milk and the creme brulee is made with cream.
300
Creme Anglaise, gelatin and whipped cream.
What are the components of a Bavarian.
300
In a Vienese pastry shop, this is what you would get if you asked for your cake "mit schlag"
What is whipped cream.
400
This many layered Hungarian specialty, consists of an almond fortified sponge, layered with chocolate ganache and topped with a hard caramel and caramel wedges.
What is a Dobos Torte.
400
This icing, a sugar syrup, crystallized to a smooth creamy white mass , can be found in three forms, liquid, rolled, and modelling.
What is fondant.
400
Creme Anglaise is an example of this type of custard.
What is a stove top or stirred custard.
400
Chocolate, whipped cream and or whipped egg whites.
What is chocolate mousse.
400
"Mocha" refers to this flavour.
What is coffee.
500
Yellow cake, split and filled with pastry cream and glazed with a chocolate fondant, is known by this misnomer.
What is a Boston cream pie.
500
One is made with a base of boiling syrup and egg yolks while the other is made with a base of boiling syrup and egg whites.
What are French buttercream and Italian buttercream.
500
The coagulation of these protiens are what gives custard it's struture.
What are eggs.
500
This chilled mousse based dessert, originally a warm, fruit based one, is assembled in a sponge lined mold.
What is a Charlotte.
500
A nut based meringue, used as a base or layer in European style cakes.