Vietnamese crème caramel encompasses a mushy yellow cake topped with a layer of brown caramel sauce. Photograph by VnExpress/Thanh Hoa
Made out of a mix of eggs, milk, and caramel sugar, flan cake has secured the 87th spot on the listing of the 100 greatest desserts in Asia, compiled by worldwide meals journal TasteAtlas.
The “High 100 Asian Desserts” listing that was open for voting till Feb. 5, with 14,799 scores have been recorded. TasteAtlas described flan cake as “a ravishing and delicate dessert.”
Impressed by the French crème caramel, famend for its mushy texture and candy caramel, the Vietnamese model pays homage to the French affect on Vietnam’s culinary heritage.
Crafted by mixing milk and eggs with vanilla or espresso flavors, flan cake is poured into caramel-coated ramekins. After cooking, the dessert is flipped over to disclose a layer of caramel sauce that covers it in a brown colour. In Vietnam, condensed milk is commonly added, giving it a richer style and a thicker texture.
In the meantime, main the dessert lineup is Dondurma, a Turkish ice cream cherished for its chewy texture. Following carefully behind are Gaziantep baklavası, a Turkish pastry comprising layers of dough, nuts, and syrup, and Klepon from Indonesia, that includes a palm sugar-filled rice flour dessert.
Along with flan cake, Vietnam’s dessert culinary scene can also be famend for banh da lon (steamed layer cake) and banh chuoi (banana cake), with each that includes on TasteAtlas’ rating of the world’s top 100 cakes.