Roze koek
![]() A Glacé with a bite taken out | |
Type | Pastry |
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Place of origin | Netherlands |
Main ingredients | Cake, pink fondant |
A roze koek ("pink cake") is a typical Dutch pastry. It consists of a small flat cake with a layer of pink fondant icing. The best-known brand is Glacé.[citation needed]
In the city of Amsterdam, the cakes are sometimes referred to as moesselientjes ("little Mussolinis"); this name, which is the Dutch adaptation of Benito Mussolini's name, is rooted in the cake's tradition of being sold in Italian ice-cream parlours in Amsterdam prior to the Second World War.[citation needed]
Variants
On occasion the cakes are sold in alternative varieties, with the pink icing replaced by a different colour. During football championships the icing is changed to orange (the national colour of The Netherlands), and at Easter time the icing is yellow.[citation needed]
Trivia
- The food dye used in Glacés, carmine (E120), is produced from female cochineals, a scale insect.[citation needed]
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