‘Curiositas’ and Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – Hungary’s 2020 Cakes of the Year Revealed!

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Curiositas’ and Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – Hungary’s 2020 Cakes of the Year Revealed!

This year, the Hungarian Confectioner Craftsmen Corporation invited entries for the 14th annual Hungarian Cake of the Year contest. The results were presented at the Parliament: of six finalists, this year’s winner, the “Cake of Hungary, “ is the ‘Curiositas,’ an almond/quince/chocolate cake created by Krisztián Füredi; while the other winner, the sugar-free cake of the country is the ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’, made by Andrea Dienes.

This year’s “Cake of Hungary” beat out five other delicious competitors to win the top prize. The winning cake, created by Krisztián Füredi of Hisztéria Confectionery in Tápiószecső, is called ‘Curiositas’, an almond cake layered with milk-hazelnut crisp, quince jelly, orange-almond mousse, and coated with dark chocolate mirror glaze.

 

Füredi spent his training years in the Gundel restaurant, and the main ingredients (almond, hazelnuts, chocolate) of the cake were inspired by the famous Gundel cake.

He completed the cake with one of his favourite ingredients, quince. According to the Confectioner Guild, this fruit has been undeservedly neglected in recent years, although it has been presented in Hungarian gastronomic culture for centuries. Füredi supplemented the quince jelly with quince compote and completed it with quince brandy, so he managed to bring out the best flavors of the fruit.

Each year, on the occasion of the national holiday on August 20th, the day when Saint Stephen founded the Hungarian State, a competition for the ‘Cake of the Year’ is announced by the Hungarian Confectioner Craftsmen Corporation at the invitation of the Government of Hungary. Held since 2007, the competition ends with a decision by the professional jury and the recipe of the winning cake specialty is shared with the general public. The guild expects participants to come up with innovative and creative ideas while respecting Hungarian confectionery traditions.

The winner of this year’s ‘Sugar-free Cake of Hungary’ competition is the ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’, created by Andrea Dienes from the JÓkenyér pékség és cukrászat in Pilisszentiván.

  

 

Egy Csepp Figyelem Alapítvány (One Drop of Attention Foundation, a charity organization that fights diabetes) and the Hungarian Confectioner Craftsmen Corporation have been inviting applications for ‘Sugar-free Cake of Hungary’ title since 2010. The aim of the competition is not only the introduction of sugar-free recipes and methods, but it also wants to attract attention to the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

The cake contains no added sugar, so its taste is mainly determined by the cinnamon-sour cherry jam, the light sour cherry whipped cream, which is completed by the cream-oatmeal English custard (Créme anglaise). The cake is covered with sugar-free white chocolate, and decorated in a wreath-like layer with lyophilized (freeze-dried) cherries. ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ contains only 13.3 g of carbohydrates and 252.5 kcal per slice, so it can be a great choice for diabetics and anyone who follows a healthy lifestyle.

The cakes has been available for public tasting since August 19th in hundreds of confectioneries nationwide. In order to protect the quality of the cakes, the recipes will only be made public at the end of the year; until then, only the members of the association can make them.

source: Hungary Today

Vocabulary

Curiositas

kíváncsiság

Midsummer Night’s Dream

Szentivánéji álom

Confectioner Craftsmen Corporation

cukrászok Ipartestülete

entries

nevezések

annual

évenkénti/éves

results were presented

az eredményeket bemutatták

quince

birs

delicious competitors

ízletes versenyzők (torták)

to layer

rétegezni

to complete

befejezni

Guild

Ipartestület/szövetség

undeservedly neglected

méltatlanul elhanyagolt/mellőzött

to supplement

kiegészíteni

to manage to bring out

sikerül kihozni (ízt)

flavors (US)

ízek

occasion

alkalom

to found

alapítani

jury

zsűri

the general public

a nagyközönség

to expect

elvárni/remélni

participants

résztvevők

to come up with

előhozakodni valamivel

to respect

tiszteletben tartani

charity

jótékonysági szervezet

applications for title

jelentkezők a címre

to attract attention

figyelmet felkelteni

to determine

meghatározni

oatmeal

zabpehely/zabpehelyliszt

English custard

angolkrém

wreath-like

koszorú szerű

to lyophilize

liofilizáln/ifagyasztva szárítani

to contain

tartalmazni

choice

választás

available

elérhető

in order to

azért, hogy

to be made public

nyilvánosságra hozni

association

egyesület

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