Ingredients
Main Ingredient in traditional cheese cake?
Cream Cheese
Baklava is often associated with Greece, but which country does it originate from?
Türkiye
Three types of milk in Tres Leches?
evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.
Where does Eton Mess derive it's name from?
Eton College
twice
French dessert is made by folding egg whites into chocolate?
What language does the word Dessert get it's origin? (Bonus Points for Translation)
Desservir -- French for Clear the Table
What type of noodle is featured in Faloodeh?
Vermicelli
What does Tiramisu translate into from Italian?
Pick Me Up/Cheer Me Up
Which French dessert is baked in a water bath?
Crème Brûlée
what kind of biscuit is traditionally used in tiramisu?
Ladyfinger
What year does Baked Alaska originate from?
created by a chef during the Paris World Fair in 1867
Krumkake is a cone-shaped cookie from what country?
Norway
His wife
where does Red Velvet traditionally get it's coloring from?
A chemical reaction that occurs between raw cocoa powder, buttermilk, and vinegar.
what is Mochi traditionally made out of? (bonus points for specific type)
Glutinous Rice
Records show cheesecake was consumed in Greece as far back as what time period?
776 BC. Fed to athletes at the first olympics.
Tavukgöğsü is a historic Ottoman pudding traditionally made with what unconventional ingredient?
Shredded Chicken Breast
Which American Candy bar is named after a horse?
Snickers
what's the difference between gelato and ice cream?
gelato is made with more milk and less cream, churned at a slower speed with less air and served at a lower temperature.
Traditional gelatin includes animal by-products. What is the vegan alternative?
Agar-agar. Comes from Red Algae or Seaweed.
what is oldest known dessert?
Mersu, a 4,000-year-old Sumerian pastry from the city of Ur
What sort of institute originated the Pastel De Nata in Lisbon, Portugal?
The Jerónimos Monastery
what was Baked Alaska originally named?
Omelette Norvégienne (Norwegian Omelette)
What happens to meringue if even a tiny trace of oil or grease gets into the mixing bowl?
It fails to whip and hold volume