What kind of sponge cake requires a certain type of nuts and a certain type of red fruit to end up as a "wretched" dessert?

author

Lamington? It requires a coconut and strawberry jam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamington Sep 17 08, 9:03 AM

Flem-ish

Not "wretched" enough.By the way it's a French or even possibly Belgian dessert originally. Sep 17 08, 9:40 AM

toughynutter

don't know that is that wretched http://garlic-breath.blogspot.com/2007/10/pine-nuts-quince.html "“Bra de Venus” sponge cake rolled up with a luscious center of quince marmalade and pine nuts? " Sep 17 08, 11:00 AM

Flem-ish

It's the name that is 'wretched', not the cake. Sep 17 08, 1:13 PM

zbeckabee

Half Stale Sponge Cake contains almond slivers and glace cherries -- Probably not "wretched" enough...BUT, wretched all the same. http://www.arcamax.com/arcamaxchef/s-355357-201766 Sep 17 08, 2:29 PM

Flem-ish

Synonym for wretched in English and translation of wretched in French. Sep 17 08, 3:09 PM

edmund80

Le Misérable ? Vous parlez de ce gâteau ? There are versions of this cake that contain strawberries and the cake layers contain almond flour. ( On parle français en Belgique, non ? ) http://www.cuisineaz.com/Recettes/Miserable-aux-fraises-44848.aspx http://www.vandemoortelebakery.be/fr/recettes?recept=1230,categorie=89 http://novice-baker.blogspot.com/2007/05/le-miserable.html Sep 17 08, 4:22 PM

Flem-ish

Le Misérable indeed. The name being French though possibly a Flemish creation is not abnormal. Knokke is somewhat of a "paradise for the rich" in Flanders and has a very intenational, multilingual population. French being the language of gastronomy any inventor of a new recipe will be tempted to give his invention a French name. http://www.gaelens.be/siteEN/index.php Sep 18 08, 1:35 PM

Baloo55th

Well, well... I never knew they'd made a musical about sponge cakes. Sep 18 08, 2:15 PM