![]() ![]() In fact, this is one bake that I accomplished almost within the time frame given to the bakers in the Great White Tent.Īs this was a technical challenge, the recipe I used is Mary Berry’s. While it looks difficult, if you take your time and follow the instructions carefully, you don’t have to be a master pastry chef to pull it off. Spanische Windtorte began appearing in Austrian cookbooks in the 19 th century, and in 1884, Sigmund Freud’s fiancée, Martha Bernays, declared in a letter that she would make him “what is considered the fanciest cake ever created in Vienna, the Spanish Windtorte.” Even today, small baked meringue kisses are known in Austria as Spanischer Wind. ![]() No one is quite sure how it got its name, although the Hapsburg dynasty, which covered much of Central and Eastern Europe for nearly 400 years, also ruled Spain from 1516 to 1700. This elaborate creation involves stacking rings of baked meringue, covering them with more meringue and baking again to form an intricately decorated shell, which is then filled with whipped cream and berries and topped with a meringue lid, giving it the appearance of a cake. But where did it all begin?Īpparently, way back in the 17 th century Austro-Hungarian empire, when a dessert called Spanische Windtorte became popular. All are variations on a theme: Sweet, crisp meringue, light and billowy as a cloud, topped with fresh cream whipped just to perfection and counterbalanced with the tartness of brightly colored, fresh-picked berries. Pavlova, Schaum Torte, Boccone Dolce, Eton mess. ![]()
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