Sans rival

Sans rival is a Filipino dessert cake made of layers of buttercream, meringue and chopped cashews. Its name means "unrivaled” in French. The cake may be decorated, left plain or garnished with pistachios.

Sans rival
Sans rival cross-section
CourseDessert
Place of originPhilippines
Main ingredientsMeringue, buttercream, cashews

The cake's origins are disputed. One source claims the recipe has its roots in the French dacquoise,[1] while Lucy Torres Gomez, writing in The Philippine Star, claims that the cake is descended from the tarta imperial rusa, the Spanish adaptation of a Russian cake that was popular with the Imperial family.[2]

A similar, smaller version of this recipe is called a silvana.

See also

References

  1. Raymund. "angsarap.net". Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  2. Torres Gomez, Lucy (February 15, 2009). "A sweet story from Russia to Spain to Manila". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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