Kiev cake

A Kiev cake or Kyiv cake (Ukrainian: торт "Київський") is a brand of dessert cake, made in Kiev, Ukraine, 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
Kiev cake slice
Alternative namesKyiv cake
CourseDessert
Place of originUkraine
Region or stateKiev
Created byKarl Marx Confectionery Factory
Main ingredientsMeringue, cashews, chocolate
Food energy
(per serving)
481 kilocalories per 100 g[1] kcal

The cake has become one of the symbols of Kiev city, particularly by its brand name and package, depicting the horse chestnut leaf (the informal coat of arms of Kiev).

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.

The recipe of the Kiev 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
  1. 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.


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