This Quiz Really Takes the Cake

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1. Despite its appearance, this cake is most often actually chocolate in flavour. The colour nowadays nearly always comes from food colouring but beets have also been used to give this classic dessert its signature colour. What is this cake, commonly covered in cream cheese frosting? Answer: (Two or Three Words)

2. This cake may not be as recognizable without the signature portrayal of the key ingredient on top, but the orange tones in the cake should give you a hint. This spiced cake is another one that is commonly topped with cream cheese frosting; what cake is it? Carrot cake Pound cake Chiffon cake Angel food cake

3. This one really is a cake, even though it masquerades under a misleading name. Covered with a rich chocolate topping and filled with a delicious vanilla custard, this cake has which American city in its name? Providence Houston Boston Washington

4. This cake shares its name with a region of Germany. Its main ingredients are chocolate, whipped cream and cherries. What's its name? Linzer torte St. Honoré cake Gingerbread cake Black Forest cake

5. This cake is associated with the Christmas season in many regions of the world, and associated with the season of Lent in other regions. In North America, it's most recognized as a Mardi Gras cake. What is its name? Jester cake Fool's cake Prince cake King cake

6. This next cake is made in many different styles around the world and the flavour combinations and add-ins are practically endless. What is this dessert, pictured here in the classic New York style, quite plain with a graham cracker crust? Answer: (One Word)

7. Made in a pan with a rounded bottom, this cake is built backwards, with the topping on the bottom and the cake batter poured over it. What fruit is featured on this classic American dessert? Pineapple Plum Peach Passionfruit

8. Though eaten like a cake, this dessert is technically not cake, as the crumby bits are actually cookies. It also contains mascarpone cream, liqueur and cocoa powder. What the name of this layered Italian dessert? Gelato Tiramisu Panettone Zeppole

9. This is a pastel tres leches, popular in Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas. Though recipes for it might vary, they all contain three different kinds of what? Milk Chocolate Sugar Fruit

10. What is this dessert that shares its name with a popular 1980s cartoon character? Strawberry shortcake Banoffee pie Apple dumpling Pavlova

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