arnejenssen 1 hour ago

The magic taste happens when the batter is exposed to air and heat through the gradual builds of layers?

  • 4gotunameagain 45 minutes ago

    The magic taste happens with the 2 litres of rum !

    But there's not really a magic taste, it's just a fun tradition.

barryobarry 1 hour ago

It's not a french cake, it's been brought to france

TheRoque 1 hour ago

Never tried it, but apparently it's not that good. Like, super dry, and very basic taste.

  • xandrius 1 hour ago

    Yeah, it looks like a fun gimmick but it's basically a butter biscuit with a bit of rum and liqueur, which does most of the heavy lifting there.

femtozer 2 hours ago

I never thought I'd see the traditional cake from the region I grew up in on the HN frontpage :)

Giorgi 2 hours ago

This looks like Baumkuchen, must be relative of sorts

  • ginko 2 hours ago

    You find variations all over Europe

  • TheRoque 1 hour ago

    Napoleon's soldier saw the spit cakes from eastern europe and brought it back to France apparently.