Never tried it, but apparently it's not that good. Like, super dry, and very basic taste.
jaynetics 2 hours ago [-]
I dunno how they make it in other countries, but I can confirm that a well-made German Baumkuchen, coated with chocolate to keep the dough from drying out, is simply delicious. It even got so popular in Japan that they have it in most supermarkets (baumukuhen / バウムクーヘン).
TheRealPomax 6 minutes ago [-]
The story of how that even happened is all kinds of amazing in and of itself.
dmos62 21 minutes ago [-]
Opposite experience. The versions I've tasted were not dry (unless left out for too long), had a sort of melt-in-your-mouth texture, was sweet, had a specific taste that's hard to name (eggnog?).
xandrius 4 hours 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.
Oarch 2 hours ago [-]
Can confirm; looks great but I was disappointed while eating it.
arnejenssen 4 hours ago [-]
The magic taste happens when the batter is exposed to air and heat through the gradual builds of layers?
4gotunameagain 3 hours 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.
femtozer 5 hours ago [-]
I never thought I'd see the traditional cake from the region I grew up in on the HN frontpage :)
barryobarry 4 hours ago [-]
It's not a french cake, it's been brought to france
Giorgi 5 hours ago [-]
This looks like Baumkuchen, must be relative of sorts
TheRoque 4 hours ago [-]
Napoleon's soldier saw the spit cakes from eastern europe and brought it back to France apparently.
ginko 5 hours ago [-]
You find variations all over Europe
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> Several national variants of spit cakes: Spettekaka, Trdelník, Prügelkrapfen, Baumstriezel, Kürtőskalács, Šakotis, Baumkuchen, Kürtősfánk
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Spetteka...
But there's not really a magic taste, it's just a fun tradition.