Posts Tagged ‘Cake’
Christstollen and Ice Wine
Home, December 2008 in Vienna, Austria
Merry Christmas !
*The Christstollen is from Kurkonditorei OBERLAA; the awarded ice wine was incidentally found in a local winery Weingut Emil Bauer in Wagram.
Schoko-Vanille Torte
Café Konditorei Zauner, March 2008 in Bad Ischl, Austria
Chocolate mousse with vanilla cream puff, the chef must have had fun when creating this delicious multiple-layer cake!
Linzer Torte
Kaffee Glockenspiel, September 2008 in Linz, Austria
The most famous cake in the city of Linz is of course the Linzer Torte, a tart made with crumbly pastry base with ground nuts and red current jam filling. It is even named the oldest-known torte or cake in the world (wikipedia).
This Linzer Torte is made by Konditorei Jindrak. Their cakes are available in many bakeries and cafés in Linz. One of them is “Kaffee Glockenspiel” on Linzer Hauptplatz ( main square).
Fruit Cake with Crêpe
E.Leclerc, July 2004 in Clermont-Ferrand, France
E.Leclerc is one of the hypermarket chains in France. The E.Leclerc in Clermont-Ferrand has exceptionally good quality bakery/pastry section.
Macarons
LADURÉE, December 2006 in Paris, France
Macarons (the dark purple one is 2006 Christmas special edition “mille et une nuits” one thousand and one nights), rose-raspberry cake (rose flavored biscuit, rose petal cream, fresh raspberries),
hot chocolate, and Marie-Antoinette tea (Chinese teas mixed with essential oil of subtle citrus fruit, rose and jasmine flower flavour, scattered with small pieces of dried fruits and honey).
