Hello, I hope someone can identify a small cake I ate during the
Christmas holiday and would like to get more of them.

The cake was small like a petite four size with a three layer cake one
red, one white, and one green. The cakes were coated with a chocolate
ganashe and had a distinct flavor I could not place.

Any ideas?

wrote:
> Hello, I hope someone can identify a small cake I ate during the
> Christmas holiday and would like to get more of them.
>
> The cake was small like a petite four size with a three layer cake one
> red, one white, and one green. The cakes were coated with a chocolate
> ganashe and had a distinct flavor I could not place.
>
> Any ideas?

Sounds like a petit four. When well made, the layers are often brushed with
syrup flavored with liqueur. They can also be filled with a variety of
things, including good buttercream, layers of almond paste, etc, etc. Your
best bet is to find out where they came from, because the possibilities are
endless, and given the season, the colors may not be much of a clue to
flavor.

On Jan 1, 3:28 pm, wrote:
> Hello, I hope someone can identify a small cake I ate during the
> Christmas holiday and would like to get more of them.
>
> The cake was small like a petite four size with a three layer cake one
> red, one white, and one green.

Ask your host or hostess or the restaurant where you ate them.

Given the color combination, they were probably either Italian or
Mexican in origin. Stop into some local Italian delicatessens or
bakeries, look around and ask.

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> On Jan 1, 3:28 pm, wrote:
>> Hello, I hope someone can identify a small cake I ate during the
>> Christmas holiday and would like to get more of them.
>>
>> The cake was small like a petite four size with a three layer cake one
>> red, one white, and one green.
>
> Ask your host or hostess or the restaurant where you ate them.
>
> Given the color combination, they were probably either Italian or
> Mexican in origin. Stop into some local Italian delicatessens or
> bakeries, look around and ask.

It sounded familiar, and when you mentioned Mexican the bell went off. I had
one just as described in a Mexican restaurant in San Antonio.

Felice

wrote:
> Hello, I hope someone can identify a small cake I ate during the
> Christmas holiday and would like to get more of them.
>
> The cake was small like a petite four size with a three layer cake one
> red, one white, and one green. The cakes were coated with a chocolate
> ganashe and had a distinct flavor I could not place.

Search <tri color cookies>, some call them "Ribbon Cookies". Every
bakery in Brooklyn sells them.

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thu...or_cookies.jpg

http://www.recipezaar.com/147882


Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:
> wrote:
>
>>Hello, I hope someone can identify a small cake I ate during the
>>Christmas holiday and would like to get more of them.
>>
>>The cake was small like a petite four size with a three layer cake one
>>red, one white, and one green. The cakes were coated with a chocolate
>>ganashe and had a distinct flavor I could not place.
>
>
> Search <tri color cookies>, some call them "Ribbon Cookies". Every
> bakery in Brooklyn sells them.
>
> http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thu...or_cookies.jpg
>
> http://www.recipezaar.com/147882
>
>
> Sheldon
>



Rainbow Cookies!!!! Yum!!!! Some bakeries make them with colored
marzipan instead of just dough. Or used to, I haven't seen any in
some time.