Answer: Germany
'Schwarzwälder kirschtorte' (as it's called in German) is named for the Schwarzwald or Black Forest region in Germany. The physical area got its name because the trees grow so thick that sunlight has a hard time penetrating the boughs.
From Quiz: Take a Hike Through the Black Forest --- Cake!
Answer: Melton Mowbray
The pork pie is made using hot water pastry. Melton Mowbray pork pies are protected under the European Union's "Protected designation of origin" since April 2008. This means that only pork pies made around the area can carry the name Melton Mowbray pork pie. The other three choices are all in Leicestershire, Market Harborough is a market town, Newtown Linford is a linear village and Leicester, a city, is the county town of Leicestershire.
From Quiz: I Like Pie
Answer: Black Forest Gateau
Some traditional recipes specify sour cherries both between the layers and for the decoration on top. Either way this is one of my favorite cakes.
From Quiz: Confessions of a Chocoholic
Answer: Bedfordshire Clanger
The original purpose of this baked good was for the husband's midday meal. It was made by the wife so her husband could take it to the fields.
From Quiz: B is for Yummy Baked Goods
Answer: Malva pudding
Malva pudding, a melt-in-the-mouth steamed pudding, is served with a delicious sauce made of cream, butter, sugar, water and vanilla essence.
From Quiz: Decadent Desserts
Answer: Currants
Spotted Dick is a suet pudding made with dried fruit, the most common being either currants or sultanas. This is best served up with a nice, warm custard. Whilst the fruit is the basis for the "spotted" in the dessert's name, the origins of the "dick" is not so clear. Possible explanations include it being a derivative of the German word for thick or it is simply a corruption of "ding", the second syllable in pudding.
From Quiz: Mind Your Pudding
Answer: Twice
Biscotti biscuits originated in the Italian city of Prato. Twice baked foods were a staple of the ancient Roman army. Biscotti dough often has almonds added to it, and after the first baking is cut into oblong slices. Then it is baked again. The extent to which it is baked the second time determines how dry and crispy it is.
From Quiz: I Get the Bigger Half!
Answer: S'more
This is a description of a s'more. This wonderful campfire treat was first mentioned in the 1927 publication "Tramping and Trailing With the Girl Scouts". The trick to making great s'mores is to roast your marshmallow without burning it. All of these options are the names of real desserts or sweet treats.
From Quiz: Chocolate: The Essential Nutrient
Answer: Génoise
Génoise is an Italian sponge cake named after the northern city of Genoa. The basic recipe is very simple: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking flour and vanilla to taste. Once baked, the cake must be turned into a work of art by adding layers similar in style to a gateau by filling with fruit, cream and chocolate mousse to name a few.
From Quiz: Piece of Cake
Answer: The topping
The difference between the two pies is in the topping. A Dutch apple pie is made with a typical flour and butter pie crust. It is the type of apple pie most often seen in restaurants. A French apple pie has crushed walnuts added to the flour and butter. Instead of rolling out the crust to be flat and smooth, it is crumbled over top the pie to give a somewhat crunchy topping. Occasionally caramel will be added to the topping. It doesn't get much better than a piece of warm French apple pie with a scoop of ice cream melting on top.
From Quiz: It's as Easy as Pie
Answer: Snickers
Snickers was introduced in 1930. The name comes from the Mars company's favorite horse. In the UK and Ireland, it was sold under the name "Marathon" until 1990.
From Quiz: Sweet!
Answer: Peru
As shown in a 2008 Peruvian documentary, the production of shikashika starts with carving blocks of ice (roughly 40 kg, or 90 lb, in weight) from the glacial ice by hand, using an axe. The blocks are then carried down the mountain on mules. The shaved ice is flavored with brightly-colored sweet syrups, and sold in plastic bags at festivals. The name comes from the Amerindian language Quecha; an alternative Spanish name is 'raspadilla'.
From Quiz: Shiver - International Frozen Treats
Answer: ice cream
Nero's version, which consisted of ice topped with fruit, was more like a modern-day snow cone. In Europe, the advent of ice cream made with milk may have come in the 1600s, but the origins of what we know today as "true" ice cream are murky and differ in different parts of the world.
From Quiz: Dessert Us
Answer: 1937
While Vernon Carter Rudolph, the creator of Krispy Kreme, bought his first doughnut shop in 1933, and while this was where he acquired the recipe for the famous original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut, he did not open a shop called Krispy Kreme until 1937.
From Quiz: The Kreme of the Krop
Answer: Pancake Puffs
Ableskiver can be a sweet or savory dessert. It can also be served just for breakfast or for coffeetime. Ableskiver pans can now be found easily, and are needed to perfect these desserts. Apples can usually be found inside the ball, and sprinkled with powdered sugar. No one is sure who invented these tasty desserts.
From Quiz: Danish Desserts
Answer: Snickers and Lollipop
Snickers was introduced by Mars in 1930 and was named after a horse that the Mars family owned. Lollipop is the one named after a racehorse. The largest producer of lollipops is the Charms Plant in Covington,Tennessee
From Quiz: Fun Facts About our Beloved Junkfood
Answer: 776 B.C., when cheesecakes were fed to athletes at the first Olympics in Greece.
The reference to 776 B.C. is repeated in numerous places around the internet, but I have yet to find a detailed, substantiated source.
The Roman consul Cato's written recipes included Libum, a cheesecake made from "well-crushed cheese", flour, and an egg, and served hot.
From Quiz: Mmmmm... Cheesecake!
Answer: his wife
Pearle B. Wait was a carpenter and cough medicine manufacturer. He lived in LeRoy, New York. The first flavors of JELL-O® he developed were strawberry, raspberry, orange and lemon. In 1899, he sold the business to his neighbor Orator Francis Woodward for $450.
From Quiz: There's Always Room for JELL-O®
Answer: lavender
'Creme brulee's origins are disputed between the English, the French and the Spanish, but the lavender version is very nice after a meal in a restaurant in Provence. The lavender is a subtle flavoring to the top of the perfect flan.
From Quiz: Desserts
Answer: Mounds and Almond Joy
The Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company began producing Mounds, with its dark chocolate coating, in 1920. The milk chocolate covered Almond Joy did not come into being until 1946. I am unable to determine which is the bigger seller, Mounds or Almond Joy. Please mail me if you know. (Mounds is better no matter what the sales figure show - that dark chocolate ...).
From Quiz: Dietary Indiscretions
Answer: Granita
The granita, originating from France and Italy, is made by boiling sugar, water, and flavourings of choice to form a syrup. This is then frozen until crystals are formed. To serve, the granita is scraped with a fork, or other utensil, and placed in glasses or bowls.
From Quiz: Delectable Desserts
Answer: Trifle
Of course many people also add sherry to this concoction, but for me that is just overegging the pudding - no pun intended! Apparently the trifle first started out as a mixture of sugar, cream and fruit, and then progressed to a layer of bread and alcohol and layers of custard. It has gone through many stages to become what we know today as trifle.
From Quiz: Just Desserts
Answer: They're both baked custards.
Creme brulee (KREM broo- LAY) is the quiz writer's favorite dessert.
From Quiz: Who Wants Creme Brulee?
Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken
To quote my 4 year old son, 'mmmmmmmm, great cake!'
From Quiz: Desserts at U.S. Restaurants
Answer: Katmi
Katmi, are a traditional dessert for the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. They are similar to crepes (French pancakes), but the Bulgarian ones have lots of bubble holes because they are made with yeast. They are ideal for dessert, but also for breakfast. They are served with raspberry jam, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, spread chocolate, honey.
From Quiz: Top 10 favorite Bulgarian desserts
Answer: Lemon
The lemon is a sour fruit that grows on trees and is full of Vitamin C. Besides being used for lemonade and desserts, it can be used in medicine and even around the house to help clean things! It was one of the first flavors of Jell-O in the 1800s.
From Quiz: Hello! It's Jell-O!
Answer: Bean paste and sweet syrup
The agar jelly can be made using water to dissolve the agar, or you can use fruit liquid for a more tasty jelly. These are placed in a bowl with some anko, a sweet bean paste used in many Asian desserts which provides the an- part of the dish's name, and a selection of fruits. The sweet dark syrup called kuromitsu (literally black honey, and responsible for the -mitsu part of the dish's name) is then poured over the jelly, and you're ready to tuck in!
From Quiz: Agar the Horrible
Answer: Shepherd's pie
This pie is also called country pie. Cowboy pie is made with sausages and baked beans, goatherd's pie is made using goat instead of lamb and someone somewhere sometime will bake a salesman pie.
From Quiz: I Like Pie
Answer: Eggs
ANZAC biscuits are biscuits made from golden syrup, oats, coconut, flour, sugar and butter. They do not spoil easily, and they do not contain eggs because it is said that eggs were quite rare during WW1.
From Quiz: Let Them Eat Dessert!
Answer: Bakewell Tart
The Bakewell tart is named after the town of Bakewell, in England. The legend surrounding the explanation for this dessert is that Mrs. Greaves, the landlady of the White Inn asked her assistant to prepare Bakewell pudding. The assistant forgot to blend the jam in with the mixture and at the last minute just spread it at the bottom of the tart shell.
From Quiz: B is for Yummy Baked Goods
Answer: Umm Ali
Umm Ali is a type of bread pudding but made with pastry, cream, nuts, fruit and coconut. Eaten with ice cream ... Yum!
From Quiz: Decadent Desserts
Answer: Almond Jelly
The southern Chinese almond, the basis for this recipe, is really an apricot kernel that produces a flavour very similar to almonds. The milk is first extracted, a sweetening device is added and it is then heated with agar, a gelling agent, to make it set.
From Quiz: Mind Your Pudding
Answer: Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon infused custards have been around since medieval times, but the meringue we know and love today, was perfected in the 17th century. Prepared with egg yolk, lemon zest and juice and starch, this sturdy, baked pie is best known for its fluffy white meringue topping, baked until light golden brown.
From Quiz: Portions Are Larger Than They Appear
Answer: Black cherries
Clafouti (or clafoutis in France) is made by placing black cherries on a buttered dish and placing a batter on top. Then it is baked and dusted with sugar, before being served. Other fruits, like cranberries and apples, can be used, but black cherries are most common.
From Quiz: I Get the Bigger Half!
Answer: For blackout drills practised in World War II
Blackout cake does have dark chocolate, and lots of it, but its name originated from World War II blackout drills in the USA, specifically in Brooklyn, New York. The lights would be turned off so as to avoid giving clues as to human locations when night-time bombings would take place. The cake's dark colour might reflect its concealment quality in a dark location during such times. The cake is a layered cake with dark chocolate pudding layered inside and on top of the cake, with cake crumbs dusted on top. Sadly, the Ebinger Baking Company, who first made the cake, went bankrupt and bust in 1972.
From Quiz: My Life as a Coffee Cake
Answer: Buccellato
This is a ring shaped cake from the Mediterranean island of Sicily. It is usually presented to the god child by its godparent on the day of his or her christening. The word "buccellato" comes from the Latin word for buccella, which means "mouthful". The cake is made from a pastry dough and plenty of other ingredients are added to give it texture and flavour. These include chocolate, rum and spices as well as dried fruit and nuts.
From Quiz: Piece of Cake
Answer: Japan
The shaved ice is traditionally produced using a hand-cranked machine that spins the block of ice over a sharp blade, but electric ice shavers are becoming increasingly common. Popular flavors include cherry, lemon, strawberry, grape, melon, green tea, sweet plum and just-plain-sugar syrup. Often two or more different syrups are combined for a more colorful presentation.
A similar Korean dish is called bingsu, the Chinese consume baobing, and nam kang sai is popular in Thailand.
From Quiz: Shiver - International Frozen Treats
Answer: Aztec
Chocolate is made from cacao beans, which are native to Mexico and Central and South America. Chocolate has been made in that area for thousands of years. However, it wasn't until Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes's 16th-century conquest of the Aztecs that chocolate began to be imported to Europe, where it quickly became popular with the nobility.
From Quiz: Dessert Us
Answer: Winston-Salem, NC
Paducah, KY, was where Rudolph's first store was, but this was not a Krispy Kreme store.
Nashville, TN, is where Rudolph and his partner moved their operation in search of a larger market in the mid-30s.
After operations were moved to Nashville, other members of Rudolph's family got involved, and a shop was opened in Atlanta, GA.
However, the first shop actually named Krispy Kreme was located in Winston-Salem, NC, and their headquarters are still there, 71 years later.
From Quiz: The Kreme of the Krop
Answer: Kleiner
Kleiner are made with a somewhat thick dough and deep-fried. They are cut fairly thinly and tied into a half-knot. They are usually cooked for Thanksgiving in the US in Danish origin homes.
From Quiz: Danish Desserts
