Merveilleux
The merveilleux (marvelous) is a small cake that originated in belgium and is now found in france and some u.s. cities. it consists of a sandwich of two light meringues welded with whipped cream which has been covered with whipped cream and dusted with chocolate shavings. a candied cherry sometimes decorates the cake. the confectioner and chocolatier pierre marcolini developed his own version, as did the french confectioner frédéric vaucamps, and etty benhamou of le mervetty. vaucamp named each of his variations using comparable adjectives– impensable or unthinkable for coffee, excentrique or eccentric for cherry, and magnifique or magnificent for praline. he also used names derived from...
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