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Revision as of 10:18, 11 April 2011

The following is a list of types of dessert cakes by country of origin and distinctive ingredient. The majority of cakes contain some kind of flour, egg and sugar. These ingredients are not listed:

Name Image Origin Major ingredients
Angel cake Unknown Varies
Angel food cake United States Vanilla, and cream of tartar
Apple cake Unknown, probably Italy Apple
Aranygaluska Hungary or Romania Yeasty dough; Vanilla Custard
Bakewell Tart United Kingdom Almond, and raspberry jam
Banana Cake/Bread United states Banana, sometimes nuts and chocolate
Battenberg cake United Kingdom Marzipan and apricot jam
Baumkuchen Germany Varies
Bebinca India Coconut milk, clarified butter, sugar, and flour
Birthday cake Unknown Varies, usually chocolate or sponge
Black Forest cake Germany Cherries, Kirsch, and chocolate
Buccellato Sicily Honey, marsala, aniseed, and raisins
Bundt cake United States Varies, often chocolate
Butter cake United Kingdom Butter
Butterfly cake United Kingdom Varies
Carrot cake Unknown, possibly United Kingdom Carrots
Cheesecake Probably United Kingdom Cream cheese
Chocolate cake Unknown Chocolate
Christmas cake United Kingdom Dried fruit, cinnamon, treacle, cherries, and almond
Chiffon cake United States Vegetable oil
Coffee cake Germany Cinnamon
Croquembouche File:Croqembouche.JPG France Caramel, almond, and chocolate
Cupcake Unknown Varies
Date and walnut loaf United Kingdom Dates, walnuts, treacle, and tea
Dacquoise France Almonds, hazelnut, and chocolate
Devil's food cake United States Chocolate and/or cocoa, and baking soda
Dobos cake Hungary Spongecake layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with thin caramel slices
Dream Cake Unknown Chocolate and whip cream, with chocolate flakes on exterior.
Eccles cake United Kingdom Currants
Fairy cake Unknown Varies
Fat Rascal United Kingdom Dried fruit, peel
Flourless chocolate cake Unknown Chocolate
French Fancy United Kingdom Fondant, cream
Fruitcake Probably United Kingdom Candied fruit
Frog cake Australia Cream, icing
Génoise Cake Probably Genoa Whole egg
Gingerbread Probably United Kingdom Ginger
Whoopie pies Probably United States Cocoa, vanilla
Hot milk cake Probably United States Milk, and mocha
Heinz Ketchup Cake Canada Cinnamon, and Heinz Ketchup
Ice cream cake File:Three inch ice cream cake with fruit from Singapore.jpg Unknown Ice cream
Jaffa cakes United Kingdom Orange juice
Kendal Mint Cake United Kingdom Peppermint
Kladdkaka Sweden Chocolate
Kouign-amann Brittany, France Butter
Lamington Australia chocolate icing, and desiccated coconut
Lemon cake Unknown Lemon
Madeira cake United Kingdom Butter, sugar
Mantecada Northern Spain Eggs, flour, sugar and butter (cow fat in the Mantecadas de Astorga; corn flour in Colombia)
Marble cake Probably Germany Mixture of flavours including vanilla, coffee, and/or chocolate
Mooncake China Lotus seed paste, and salted duck egg
Opera cake File:Opera BD.jpg France Ganache, sponge cake, and coffee syrup
Orange and polenta cake Unknown Oranges, polenta
Panettone Italy Raisins, orange peel, and lemon peel
Parkin File:Darkparkin.jpg United Kingdom Treacle, oats
Pavlova New Zealand/Australia Egg white, and sugar (meringue)
Petits fours File:Petit Fours Tower.JPG France Butter cream
Pineapple Upside Down Cake United Kingdom Pineapple
Pontefract Cakes United Kingdom Liquorice
Pumpkin bread United States Pumpkin, sometimes chocolate
Prinsesstårta Sweden Alternating layers of sponge cake and whipped cream, a layer of berry jam and a layer of custard, all topped with a layer of (green) marzipan.
Punschkrapfen Austria Cake crumbs, nougat chocolate, apricot jam, and rum
Queen Elisabeth cake Unknown Coconut, dates
Red bean cake Japan Azuki bean, and red bean paste
Red velvet cake United States red colouring, and cocoa
Ruske Kape Bosnia and Serbia Chocolate, and coconut
Sachertorte Austria Apricot, and cream
St. Honoré Cake France Caramel, and Chiboust cream
Simnel cake United Kingdom Marzipan, and dried fruit
Soufflé France Cream sauce or purée with beaten egg whites.
Spice cake United States Predominant flavorings include spices such as cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger and/or mace
Sponge cake United Kingdom
Stack cake United States Varies
Streuselkuchen Germany Streusel (butter, flour, sugar)
Suncake Taiwan Flaky pastry
Tarte Tatin France Apple
Tea loaf United Kingdom Currants, sultanas, tea
Tiramisu Italy Savoiardi, and espresso
Teacake United Kingdom Currants, and sultanas
Torta Tre Monti San Marino Hazelnuts
Tompouce File:Tom Pouce Dutch Pastry.jpg Netherlands Cream, icing
Tres Leches Cake Costa Rica, Mexico or Nicaragua Evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream or sour cream
Upside-down cake United Kingdom Varies
Vanilla slice France Vanilla
Wedding cake Unknown Varies
Welsh cake United Kingdom (Wales) Currants

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