Chajá
Sign in to saveThe chajá () cake, or postre chajá, is a typical dessert in Uruguayan cuisine. It was created on April 27, 1927 by Orlando Castellano, the owner of the Confitería Las Familias in the city of Paysandú. It originated as a semi-industrialized confectionery, and is exported to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Chajá is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to United States, Brazil and Argentina.
Vinony files it under Food and drink introduced in 1927, Meringue desserts and Sponge cakes.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dessert
- Has part
- Uruguayan cuisine
- Named after
- Southern Screamer
- Country
- Uruguay
- Country of origin
- Uruguay
- Material used
- cream
- Image
- Torta chajá.jpg
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- native label
- Chajá
- author name string
- Orlando Castellano
- Commons category
- Postre Chajá
- different from
- Laguna Chaxa
- inception
- 1927-04-27
- location of creation
- Paysandú
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The chajá () cake, or postre chajá, is a typical dessert in Uruguayan cuisine. It was created on April 27, 1927 by Orlando Castellano, the owner of the Confitería Las Familias in the city of Paysandú. It originated as a semi-industrialized confectionery, and is exported to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and United States
This dessert owes its name to the Southern screamer, a bird (locally known as the chajá) native to the central and southern parts of South America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chajá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.