Australia
Dolly Varden Cake
A golden buttercake with rainbow sprinkles ('hundreds and thousands') mixed through the crumb rather than scattered on top, layered with jam and cream — an Australian children's birthday classic dating to the 1920s.
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Denmark
Drømmekage (Dream Cake)
Drømmekage
A Danish sponge cake with a caramelized coconut topping, a national and bakery classic from Brovst
Scotland, United Kingdom
Dundee Cake
A light fruit cake with sultanas, currants and orange peel, ringed on top with concentric circles of blanched almonds.
Romania
Easter Cheese Cake
Pască
A sweet yeasted case filled with sweetened curd cheese, raisins and vanilla, baked with a pastry cross laid over the top.
Austria
Easter Lamb Cake
Osterlamm
Lamb-shaped sponge or pound cake baked for Easter, symbolizes the Lamb of God, distinctive lamb shape, often dusted with powdered sugar, festive.
United States
Election Cake
A Connecticut yeast-raised cake with dried fruit and spices, historically baked for Election Day.
Atlántico, Colombia
Enyucado
Caribbean coconut-yuca cake: grated cassava folded with coconut, anise and cheese, baked until the top caramelises. A Costa Abajo classic shared by Colombia's Atlántico coast and Panama.
Austria
Esterházy Torte
Esterházytorte
Cake with almond meringue layers and buttercream, iced with fondant and characteristic chocolate stripes, a classic coffeehouse dessert, elegant.
Hungary
Eszterhazy Torta
Eszterházy torta
Esterházy torte.
Suriname
Fiadoe
A layered pastry cake filled with almond paste, raisins, currants and candied peel, baked for Christmas and weddings.
Dalmatia, Croatia
Fig Cake
Smokvenjak
Cake made with dried figs, traditional in Dalmatian regions where figs are abundant, often includes nuts and spices, dense and sweet.
Philippines
Filipino Sponge Cake
Mamon
A light, fluffy sponge cake topped with butter and sugar, sometimes with cheese, a popular snack cake.
Philippines
Flat Rice Cake
Palitaw
Flat glutinous rice cakes boiled until they float, then coated in coconut, sesame seeds, and sugar.
Guinea
Flour Cake
Gâteau Farine
A simple Guinean flour cake baked as a round, lightly sweet snack for tea or celebrations.
South Korea
Flower Rice Cake
화전
A small pan-fried rice cake decorated with edible flower petals (cherry blossom, azalea), a seasonal spring delicacy.
Maldives
Foni Boakibaa
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Sweet rice flour and coconut cake baked until golden — the sweet counterpart to kulhi boakibaa, a tea-time dessert across the Maldivian islands.
France
Fraisier
Strawberry cake with genoise sponge and mousseline cream, a patisserie classic.
Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt Crown Cake
Frankfurter Kranz
Classic German cake from Frankfurt with crown shape, sponge layers filled with buttercream and red jam, topped with almond brittle.
Friesland, Netherlands
Frisian Orange Cake
Friese oranjekoek
Pink-glazed cake with candied orange peel, traditional Friesland birthday treat, with regional spice variations.
United States
Funnel Cake
A fair food of batter poured through a funnel into hot oil in spiral swirls, dusted with powdered sugar.
Denmark
Gaasebryst
Gåsebryst
Marzipan-covered cream cake.
French Guiana
Galette Créole
A dry shortbread galette filled with pastry cream, coconut jam, or fruit jam (guava, pineapple, banana-honey); eaten during Carnival (Epiphany to Ash Wednesday) with champagne; contains cinnamon, nutmeg, bitter almond, vanilla, and lime zest.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Garash Cake
Гараш
Flourless walnut layers stacked with dark chocolate buttercream and covered in chocolate glaze — invented by a Hungarian pastry chef working in Ruse.
United States
German Chocolate Cake
A chocolate layer cake with a coconut-pecan frosting — the 'German' is from a chocolate brand, not Germany.
Kuwait
Gers Ogaily
قرص عقيلي
A light saffron and cardamom sponge scattered with sesame and pistachio, baked flat and cut into diamonds, served with tea.
Brunei
Glutinous Rice Rolls
Kelupis
A glutinous-rice kuih cooked with coconut milk and pandan, wrapped in nyirik leaves and steamed into a compact leaf parcel. Kelupis is a named Brunei/Malaysia rice cake made for gatherings and festivities.
St. Louis, United States
Gooey Butter Cake
A St. Louis dessert of a yeast or cake base topped with a dense, buttery, cream-cheese layer.
Barbados
Great Cake
A tall, heavily fruited and rum-soaked cake baked in tiers for weddings and Christmas, kept fed with rum for weeks before it is cut.
Grenada
Grenadian Groundnut Sugar Cake
Groundnut Sugar Cake
Traditional Grenadian sweet of peanuts (groundnuts) in caramelized sugar; spiced with nutmeg; a crunchy, sweet treat; found at Church Harvest festivals and markets; a celebration of the island's peanuts and spices; the groundnut sugar cake of the Spice Isle; a nostalgic treat; a popular food souvenir.
Grenada
Grenadian Spice Cake
Spice Cake
Traditional Grenadian cake spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves; a moist cake with a slightly crunchy bottom; the nutmeg flavor is prominent; the breeze on Grenada often smells like spice cake; found at bakeries and home kitchens; the spice cake of the Spice Isle; a celebration of the island's spices.
Philippines
Grilled Rice Cake
Tupig
An Ilocano rice cake made from glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, grilled on banana leaves until charred.
Groningen, Netherlands
Groningen Cake
Groninger koek
Traditional spiced rye cake from Groningen with honey and anise, dense and flavorful, a regional specialty.
Guinea
Guinean Cassava Cake
Gâteau au manioc
A cassava flour cake with eggs, lemon zest, rum, sugar, and baking powder; a dense, moist cake using locally grown cassava; a common Guinean dessert.
Dublin, Ireland
Gur Cake
Cheap, dense Dublin cake made from leftover pastry and a sweet fruit filling, a bakery legend.
Guyana
Guyanese Sugar Cake
Sugar cake
Grated coconut boiled with sugar and ginger until it stiffens, then dropped in spoonfuls to set hard, often tinted pink.
Jersey
Gâche à Cidre
Cider cake made with flour, sugar, butter, eggs, bicarbonate of soda, nutmeg, and Jersey cider; a moist, spiced cake using the island's traditional cider; a Norman-derived Jersey specialty.