Key facts
- Course
- Dessert
- Place of origin
- Ukraine
- Region or state
- Kyiv
- Created by
- Karl Marx Confectionery Factory
- Main ingredients
- Meringue , hazelnuts , chocolate
- Food energy per serving
- (per 100 grams) 481
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cake
- Country of origin
- Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Material used
- meringue
- Image
- Київський торт без коробки.JPG
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- Commons category
- Kyiv cake
- inception
- 1956-12-06
- native label
- Київський торт
- course
- dessert
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Encyclopedic overview
The Kyiv cake (Ukrainian: торт «Київський», romanized: tort "Kyivskyi" [tɔrt ˈkɪjiu̯sʲkɪj]) is a dessert cake produced in Kyiv, Ukraine since 6 December 1956 by the Karl Marx Confectionery Factory, now a subsidiary of the Roshen Confectionery Corporation.
The cake has emerged as a symbol of Kyiv, largely due to its brand name and packaging featuring the depiction of a horse chestnut leaf, which was present on the Coat of Arms of Kyiv during the Soviet era.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kyiv cake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.